| Course Type | Elective Course |
| Course Level | Associate Degree |
| Year of Study | - |
| Semester | - |
| ECTS | 4 |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Describes the birth and development of cinema.
- Explains and compares the important movements of cinema art.
- Explains the important directors and screenwriters of cinema art.
- Analyze the dramatic structure of the film.
- Analyzes the reflections of sociological events affecting societies on cinema.
- Watches films with a critical perspective.
|
| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
| Prerequisites | No |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components | None |
| Course Description | This course examines the historical development of cinema from its origins to the present day through different periods, movements, and directors. The course covers silent cinema, classical narrative cinema, modern cinematic movements, and aesthetic transformations in world cinema. The relationship between cinema and technological, social, and cultural changes is also evaluated through film examples. By the end of the course, students are expected to gain a fundamental historical and theoretical background in cinema studies. |
| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
|
1st Week |
Course introduction, the birth of cinema and basic concepts |
|
2nd Week |
The birth and development of cinema in France |
|
3rd Week |
French cinema and pioneering directors |
|
4th Week |
Surrealism / Dadaism |
|
5th Week |
The birth and development of cinema in the USA (the establishment of Hollywood) |
|
6th Week |
Classical Hollywood Cinema and Orson Welles ? analysis of Citizen Kane |
|
7th Week |
The birth and development of German cinema |
|
8th Week |
Midterm exam |
|
9th Week |
German Expressionism and German cinema |
|
10th Week |
The birth and development of Russian cinema |
|
11th Week |
Soviet cinema and theorists (Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Vertov, etc.) |
|
12th Week |
The birth and development of Italian cinema |
|
13th Week |
Italian Neorealism |
|
14th Week |
The birth and development of British cinema |
|
| Recommended or Required Reading | Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey (Ed.). (2008). Dünya Sinema Tarihi. İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi.
Kemp, Philip. (2014). Sinemanın Tüm Öyküsü (Çev. Ertan Yılmaz ve Nuray Yılmaz). İstanbul: Hayalperest Yayınları.
Derman, Deniz; Günaydın, Serhat; İnam, Ahmet ve Onaran, Oğuz. (1997). Sinema Akımları. Ankara: Med Campus Yayınları.
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Practice
- Case Study
|
| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
|
Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
30 |
| Assignment |
1 |
20 |
| Total(%) |
|
50 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
50 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
50 |
| Total(%) |
|
100 |
|
| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
|
|
|
| Individual or group work |
11 |
2 |
22 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
25 |
25 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
20 |
20 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
|
|
|
| Final exam |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Homework |
1 |
10 |
10 |
| Total Work Load | 121 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 4.03 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 4 |
|
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Work Placement(s) | No |