Michaela Mertová

Forms of scripts in Czech animation

Národní filmový archiv, Czech Republic

Scripts for Czech animated films are a remarkable source of information about the creation of the film and the development of Czech animation too. Their form changed over time according to the needs of the producers, but also the individual experiences and preferences of authors. I would like to present some key scripts that have been preserved not only in the collection of the Národní filmový archiv in Prague in the context of historical development.

Michaela Mertová graduated from Charles University in Prague. Since 2000 she has worked as a film historian and curator of the animated films collection in the Narodní filmový archiv in Prague. In 2012 published the catalogue Czech animated film I. 1920-1945 and the DVD Czech animated film 1925-1945, in 2017 the DVD Hermína Týrlová. Výběr z tvorby / Selected Works. Also she collaborated exhibitions of animated films (Film Poet Jiri Trnka in Teplice 2012, Jiří Trnka – Ateliér / The Studio in Pilsen 2015 and in Chvaly 2016, The Fairy-Tale World of Šárka Váchová in Chvaly 2019).