This master's thesis focuses on the intermedial relation between lyrics set to music and an animated film on the example of Čikorja an' kafe [Chicory 'n' Coffee]. The latter is a song by singer-songwriter Iztok Mlakar, on which the animated short film of the same name, directed by Dušan Kastelic, is based. Mlakar's song, more narrated than sung, is not a classic example of literature; it is verbal art closely linked with music, which has likewise been used as a means of expression. Genre-wise, it could be categorised between a chanson and a pop song. Mlakar's performance has been preserved in the medium of an animated short film, both content-wise and acoustically, which is why one could speak of a coexistence of two media within the same work of art (intermediality in the narrower sense). Simultaneously, the lyrics of Mlakar's song are being expanded visually (and consequently contextually) by being transferred to a new medium. Now we are not only hearing about chicory (a coffee substitute), but seeing it too. Kastelic himself decided in what form it would appear, as well as when, where, how many times and in what way, which is why the transfer of the song to a moving image can be seen as an independent work of art, a realisation of the director's vision. The singer-songwriter song has therefore established its content and form anew by taking advantage of the possibilities offered by the so-called target medium, in this case the animated short film (intermediality in the broader sense). The main point of interest was what happens to a singer-songwriter song under altered media and technology conditions or how the target medium, i.e. the animated short film which brings about altered medial conditions, influences the expressiveness (modes of presentation) and contents of the source media product, i.e. the singer-songwriter song.
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