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Program of Film Design

FİLM109

BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY

Course Code
FİLM109
Semester
First Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
5
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study1
SemesterFirst Term (Fall)
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Gain establishing connections with the basic art and design skills to other areas
  2. Critical thinking
  3. Thinking in context
  4. Abilty to work in a particular subject limitations
  5. Expressing conceptual thinking and thoughts verbally and visually.
  6. Having the basic technical and application information about photo and knowing how to transfer them.
  7. In art design field ability to work interdisciplinary
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionThe aim of this course is to help students to evaluate the narration of photography from technical, aesthetical, social, historical and ideological approach and to understand different uses of photography.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction and Course Overview
2nd Week Light and Image
3rd Week History of Photography
4th Week How Does a Camera Form an Image?
5th Week Aperture
6th Week Shutter Speed
7th Week ISO and Exposure
8th Week Lenses, Focal Length, and Perspective
9th Week Midterm Exam
10th Week Composition I: Framing
11th Week Composition II: Visual Organization
12th Week Studio Practice: Direction and Quality of Light
13th Week Studio Practice: Shaping Light
14th Week Photographic Sequence and Editing
Recommended or Required ReadingA'dan Z'ye Fotoğraf, Özer Kanburoğlu, Say Yayınları, İstanbul, 2004
Fotoğraf ve Toplum, Gisele Freund, Sel Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2006
Fotoğraf Neyi Anlatır, Caner Aydemir, Hayalperest Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2013
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Problem Solving
  • Practice
  • Project
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 20
Assignment 5 45
Total(%) 65
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 65
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 35
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework
Project 3 40 120
Total Work Load162
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5.4
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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