SCENARIO PRACTICES

RTS332

Course Code: RTS332
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Hidayet Hale Künüçen

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Have the knowledge of theories, methods and techniques of script-writing
Practise script-writing for television and short movies
Have competence of evaluation for output works with other examples from different disciplines

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Yes(RTS321)

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

Within this course, it is aimed to learn contextual and formal stages of script writing for TV productions, motion pictures or commercial movies and to put into practice authentic forms and rules of an audio-visual structure. For that purpose, there will be exercices about all elements of visual language - such as being able to use imagination in accordance wtih cinema and television's structure that is capable of using space and time as a plastic material and perpetuate the dramatical structure - from the stage of finding a idea to the stage of writing and visualisation.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Reminding of the contextual and formal writing stages of a script through sample scripts, exercices on sample scripts.
2^nd Week	Reminding of the contextual and formal writing stages of a script through sample scripts, exercices on sample scripts.
3^rd Week	Finalization of synopsis writing by identfying the theme and subject.
4^th Week	Treatment writing
5^th Week	Treatment writing
6^th Week	Continuity / Sequence Study / Finalization of cinematographic story.
7^th Week	Elimination of project deficincies
8^th Week	Elimination of project deficincies
9^th Week	Writing shooting script
10^th Week	Completing the stage of story board.
11^th Week	Editing
12^th Week	Stages of visual editing, sound(music, dialogues, sound effects) matching.
13^th Week	Completing final operations concerning the post-production stages of the project.
14^th Week	Evaluation

Recommended or Required Reading

SENARYO KİTABI / Senaryo Yazım Teknikleri ve Film Örnekleri
Öktem Başol, Pana Film Yayınları, İstanbul, 2010.

SENARYO VE YAPIM
Mahmut Tali Öngören, Alan Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1985.

SENARYO YAZARI OLMAK
Feridun Akyürek, MediaCat Kitapları, İstanbul, 2004.

THE NONBROADCAST TELEVISION WRITER?S HANDBOOK
William Van Nonstran, Knowlwdge Industry Publications, Inc. NY, 1983.

ELEMENTS OF STYLE FOR SCREENWRITERS The Essential Manual for Writers of Screenplays, Paul Argentini, IFilm Publishing, Lone Eagle Publising. Co., USA, New York, 1998.

THE SCREEN-WRITER'S WORKBOOK
Syd FIELD, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., USA, New York, 1984.

WRITERS AT THE MOVIES ? TWENTY-SIX - CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS CELEBRATE, TWENTY SIX MEMORABLE MOVIES, Edited by Jım Shepard, Perennial An Imprint of Harper Collins Publihers, New York, 2000.

SCREENWRITING
Ray Frensham, Printed in Great Britain for Hodder&Stoughton Educational, a division of Hodder Headline Ltd., London, 2003.

OYUN VE SENARYO YAZMA TEKNİĞİ
Turgut Özakman, Bilgi Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1998.

SENARYO KURAMI
Semir Aslanyürek, Pan Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1998.

TELEVİZYON YAZARLIĞI
Gerald Kelsey, Çeviren: Bahar Öcal Düzgören, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001.

BİR SENARYO YAZMAK
Michael Chion, Çeviren. Nedret Tanyolaç, Afa Sinema Yayınları, İstanbul, 1997.

SENARYO YAZIMI (I - II) DERS NOTLARI
H. Hale KÜNÜÇEN, Gazi Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi (1994 - 2011), Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Practice
Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

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

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam	1	60	60
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	45	45
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	1	2	2
Total Work Load			153
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.1
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

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