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Program of Visual Communication Design

GİT430

FILM ANALYSIS

Course Code
GİT430
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
4
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS4
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Knows different film analysis methods.
  2. Watch cult examples from world and Turkish cinema and gain an idea about these films.
  3. Learn and distinguish the narrative construction methods of films.
  4. Gain the equipment to make connections between cinema and other disciplines.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionIn this course, films are examined as structures and their meaning, function and relationships with each other. Students gain the skills and competence to recognize the elements that make up films and their healthy/unhealthy relationships through film analysis (such as directing, scriptwriting, cinematography, animation) and to use these elements of meaning in their own films in an appropriate, intentional and correct manner.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week General information about the course. Discussion about film analysis and film criticism.
2nd Week What is film narrative and how is it created? Separation of form and content. What is to be told and how is it told?
3rd Week What are cinematographic elements and what are the possibilities of using these elements in the context of creating narrative and creating meaning in films? Watching and analyzing sample films.
4th Week What are cinematographic elements and what are the possibilities of using these elements in the context of creating narrative and creating meaning in films? (Analysis based on light use and lighting methods). Watching and analyzing sample films.
5th Week Creating meaning through editing and discussion and analysis of different editing styles through sample films.
6th Week Analysis of the possibilities of using sound and music elements in the context of creating narrative and creating meaning in films, through sample films.
7th Week MIDTERM EXAM: Students are asked to analyze the technical elements of a movie they have chosen.
8th Week Semiotic film analysis and Auteur approach.
9th Week Psychoanalytic film analysis
10th Week Ideological film analysis
11th Week Feminist film analysis
12th Week Sociological film analysis
13th Week Students should select films and present their film analyzes in class.
14th Week Students should select films and present their film analyzes in class.
Recommended or Required ReadingRYAN Michael, KELLNER Douglas, (1997) Politik Kamera Çağdaş Hollywood Sinemasının İdeolojisi ve Politikası, Çev. Elif Özsayar, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul.
Ryan Michael, Lenos Melissa (2014) Film Çözümlemesine Giriş, çev. Emrah Suat Onat, Ankara, De Ki Yayınları.
Kabadayı, Lale, (2013) Film Eleştirisi, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul.
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.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Presentation
  • Report Preparation
  • Practice
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 40
Attendance 1 10
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 14 3 42
Preparation for Final exam 1 6 6
Course hours 14 2 28
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 14 14
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 9 9
Homework
Project 2 10 20
Total Work Load120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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