FILM THEORY

FİLM409

Course Code: FİLM409
Semester: Seventh Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

Seventh Term (Fall)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Learn how the elements that constitute a movie contribute to its meaning
Learn to understand the movie - reality relation with the help of main theories
Learn how to approach a movie and interpret the movie like a text

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

In this course the film theory will be covered within the frame of fundamental literature from it's beginning until today, in order to comprehend different theories and approaches that examine cinema in theory. The course discusses how to approach a film and interpret the film as a narration in the light of formalism and realism, structuralism and post-structuralism and theoretical approaches of post-cinema era.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the course: What is film theory?
2^nd Week	Formalist and Realist Film Theory
3^rd Week	Synthesis of Formalism and Realism
4^th Week	Auteur theory in Cinema
5^th Week	Auteur theory in Cinema
6^th Week	Film Narrative Theory
7^th Week	Genre Theory in Cinema
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	Cinema and Semiotics
10^th Week	Psychoanalytic Film Theory
11^th Week	Feminist Film Theory
12^th Week	Digital Cinema
13^th Week	Digital Cinema
14^th Week	Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Recommended or Required Reading

Abisel, N (1995). Popüler Sinema ve Türler. İstanbul: Alan.
Andrew. D.J. (2007). Sinema Kuramları. (Çev. İ. Şener). İstanbul: İzdüşüm.
Büker, S. & Topçu, G. Y. (2010). Sinema:Tarih-Kuram-Eleştiri. İstanbul: Kırmızı Kedi.
Hayward, Susan. Sinemanın Temel Kavramları (Çev. U. Kutay & M. Çavuş). İstanbul: Es Yayınları.
Monaco, J. (2001). Bir Film Nasıl Okunur? Sinema Dili, Tarihi ve Kuramı (Çev. E. Yılmaz). İstanbul: Oğlak.
Özarslan, Z. (Ed.). (2013a). Sinema Kuramları I. İstanbul: Su.
Özarslan, Z. (Ed). (2013b). Sinema Kuramları II. İstanbul: Su.
Sert, S. (Ed.). (2021). Sinemanın Teorisi. İstanbul: Yordam.
Denson, S. & Leyda, J. (Ed.). (2021). Post Sinema: 21. Yüzyıl Sinemasının Kuramsallaştırılması. (Çev. Pınar Fontini). İstanbul: Notabene.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Other
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	1	20
Attendance	1	10
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	14	1	14
Preparation for Final exam	1	25	25
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	20	20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework	1	50	50
Presentation (including preperation)
Total Work Load			153
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.1
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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