FILM CRITICISMS AND ANALYSIS

RTS546

Course Code: RTS546
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

improves his/her analysing skills and gets abilities to write academic texts with relating their fields of interests.
learns how to relate films and other disciplines.
comprehends the differences between academic criticism and popular reading.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None.

Course Description

Film Critics is designed for the students who are interested in cinema and willing to improve their analysing skills at competent level. Inthe course, film critics approaches will be studied by watching and establishing a mutual relations with suitable films.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction of the course
2^nd Week	Examining the relations of film critics and philosophy / introduction to the sociological approach
3^rd Week	Film screening about the sociological approach (12 Angry Men, Sidney Lumet, 1957)
4^th Week	Examining the ideological approach
5^th Week	Film screening about the ideological approach (They Live, John Carpenter, 1988)
6^th Week	Examining the historical approach in the film critics / examining the cognitive approach in the film critics
7^th Week	Discussing the semantics and semiology / examining the semiological approach in the film critics
8^th Week	Mid-term exam
9^th Week	Film screening about the semiological approach (Barton Fink, Ethan & Joel Coen, 1991)
10^th Week	Discussing about the auteurs in the film history / examining the auteur approach in the film critics
11^th Week	Film screening about the auteur approach (La Notte, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1961)
12^th Week	Reading, discussing and interpreting of the homeworks
13^th Week	Discussing the director choices for evaluating film, examining mis en scene criticism
14^th Week	Final exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Kabadayı, Lale (2013) Film Eleştirisi, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul.
Ryan, Michael; Kellner Douglas, (1997) Politik Kamera Çağdaş Hollywood
Teksoy, Rekin. (2005) Rekin Teksoy'un Sinema Tarihi, İstanbul, Oğlak Yayıncılık.
Adanır, Oğuz. (2003) Sinemada Anlam ve Anlatım, İstanbul, Alfa Yayınları.
Büker, Seçil. (2010) Sinemada Anlam Yaratma, İstanbul, Hayalbaz Kitap.
Monaco, James. (2007) Bir Film Nasıl Okunur?, çev. Ertan Yılmaz, İstanbul, Oğlak Yayıncılık.
Read, Rupert; Goodenough, Jerry. (2005) Film as Philosophy, Great Britain, Palgrave Macmillan.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Case Study

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	1	10
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

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