HISTORY OF CINEMA

RTS245

Course Code: RTS245
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

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Semester

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Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Learn to evaluate the film in its historical-cultural context.
Comprehend a film (or movement) by considering its predecessor and sequent (the factors that led to the emergence of the film and the effect of the film on the history of cinema).
Gain the ability to associate cinema with world history, movements of thought and individual life.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

The History of Cinema course is designed for students who want to have a solid background in the field of cinema and who want to associate films with both the period in which they were produced and other theoretical fields. In this context, attention will be drawn to the connection between the movements in the history of cinema, which will be covered in the course. In order to fully understand the periods and movements, sample films about each movement conferred in the course will be shown and discussed. The knowledge they will have after taking the course will also form the basis for the World Cinema History course, which is designed for those who want to deepen their knowledge of cinema.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction / Conditions preparing the emergence of cinema / Screening of films by Edison, Lumiere Brothers and Melies / discussion of realism and expressionism tendencies in cinema in the context of these films.
2^nd Week	Pioneers of Silent Cinema in the USA: D. W. Griffith, B. Keaton, C. Chaplin, E. Stroheim.
3^rd Week	Sample Film Screening & Discussion: The Gold Rush (C. Chaplin, 1925)
4^th Week	Soviet Cinema and the Essential Position of Editing.
5^th Week	Sample Film Screening & Discussion: Battleship Potemkin (S. Eisenstein, 1925)
6^th Week	Expressionist Tradition
7^th Week	The Rise of German Cinema
8^th Week	Sample Film Screening & Discussion: M (F. Lang, 1930).
9^th Week	Poetic Realism and 30s French Cinema
10^th Week	Sample Film Screening & Discussion: The Grand Illusion (J. Renoir, 1937)
11^th Week	Development Process of the American Film Industry: Depression Years.
12^th Week	Development Process of the American Film Industry: Cold War Years.
13^th Week	Sample film analysis: Sunset Boulevard (Sunset Blvd, Billy Wilder, 1950).
14^th Week	The conditions that constitute the birth of modern cinema.

Recommended or Required Reading

Teksoy, Rekin, (2005) Rekin Teksoy'un Sinema Tarihi, İstanbul, Oğlak Yayıncılık. (zorunlu)
Monaco, James, (2007) Bir Film Nasıl Okunur?, çev. Ertan Yılmaz, İstanbul, Oğlak Yayıncılık. (zorunlu)
Kolker, Robert (2010), Değişen Bakış, çev. Ertan Yılmaz, Ankara, De Ki Yayınevi.
Bazin, Andre, () Sinema Nedir
Abisel, N. Sessiz Sinema, Ankara: De Ki Yayınevi.
DÜNYA SİNEMA TARİHİ, Editör: Geoffrey Nowell - Smith, Çeviren: Ahmet Fethi, Kabalcı Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2003
ÇAĞDAŞ SİNEMANIN SORUNLARI Andre Bazin,(Çev.: Nijat Özön), Bilgi Yayınevi, Ankara, 1966.
SİNEMA DERSLERİ Sergey M. Eisenstein, (Çev.: Engin Ayça), Hil Yayınları, İst,1986

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion
Questions/Answers
Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
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	50	50
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework
Total Work Load			156
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.2
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

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