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Program of Communication and Design

RTS428

ACTING IN CINEMA

Course Code
RTS428
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
5
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Will get to know the importance of acting in cinema.
  2. Know historical and intellectual origins of film-acting.
  3. Practise acting in a film.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionStarting from the ancient ages theoreticians with different understandings have studied on the art of acting with different methods. How come "mimetic action", reflection of the right emotion and "liking" after these is achieved? Or what are the factors that make "liking"? For this purpose, knowledge including the first methodological study of the art of acting beginning from Aristotle in a chronological and historical order and also knowledge about the first applied method in cinema will be given.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction, information about course contents
2nd Week History of acting
3rd Week Early scientific studies on art of acting in the world
4th Week History of acting in Turkey
5th Week Theoretical basis of art of acting
6th Week First attempts of K.S. Stanislavski
7th Week Stanislavski System and acting methodology
8th Week Physical Actions Method of Stanislavski System
9th Week Elements of action
10th Week The adaption of Stanislavski System to American style of acting, "Actors Studio"
11th Week "Actors Studio" and Lee Strasberg
12th Week Method Acting Method's adaption to Acting in Cinema
13th Week Analysis of Acting in terms of System and Method Acting
14th Week General Evaluation
Recommended or Required ReadingARIJON, Daniel. (1993). Film Dilinin Grameri 1. cilt, Ed. Yalçın Demir, (Çev. Yalçın Demir ve başk.). Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları.
ARISTOTELES. (2001). Poetika, Çev. İsmail Tunalı, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
BARR, Tony. (1986). Acting for the Camera: Revised Edition, Harpercollins: Harper Paperbacks.
BARTON, Robert. (1989). Acting: Onstage and Off, Orlando: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,Inc., The Dryden Pres.
BAZIN, Andre. (1995) Sinema Nedir?, Çev. İbrahim Şener, İstanbul: Sistem Yayıncılık.
BENEDETTI, Robert. (1976). Seeming, Being and Becoming, Drama Book Specialist, New York.
BENEDETTI, Robert. (1981). The Actor at Work, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
BLUNT, Jerry. (1966). The Composite Art of Acting, New York: The Macmillan Company.
BOBKER, Lee R. (1974). Elements of Film, Lakewood: Great Buy Books.
BOUCICAULT, Dion ve başk. (1916). The Art of Acting, New York: Dramatic Museum of Columbia Universty.
BROWN, Blain. (2006). Sinematografi - Kuram ve Uygulama, Çev. Selçuk Taylaner, İstanbul: Hil Yayınları.
CARLSON, Marla. (2000). "Acting and Answerability", David Krasner (Ed.), Method Acting Reconsidered, New York: St. Martin's Pres.
CARNICKE, Sharon M. (1998). Stanislavsky in Focus, Amsterdam: Harwood
Academic Publishers.
COLE, Toby (ed.) (1947). Acting: A Handbook of the Stanislavski Method, New York.
DIDEROT, Denis. (1957). The Paradox of Acting, Çev.: W.H.Pollock, New York: Hillend Wang, Inc.
DIDEROT, Denis. (1994). Selected Writings On Art And Literature, İng. Çev. Geoffrey Bremmer, London: Penguin Classics,
DIDEROT, Denis. (1996). Aktörlük Üzerine Aykırı Düşünceler, Çev. Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil, İstanbul: Sosyal Yayınlar, Dünya Klasikleri Kültür Dizisi:2.
DIDEROT, Denis. (1997). Felsefe Konuşmaları, Çev. Adnan Cemgil, İstanbul: Sosyal
Yayınları Dünya Klasikleri Kültür Dizisi.
DMYTRYK, Edward ve Jean PORTER. (1995). Sinemada Oyunculuk, İstanbul: AFA Sinema Yayınları.
DUERR, Edwin. (1962). The Length and Depth of Acting, New York.

DUMESNIL, Marie-Francoise. (1957). "A Reply To Clairon", Actors On Acting, Ed. Toby Cole, Helen K. Chinoy, New York: Clown Publishers.
GORDON, Mel. (1987). The Stanislavsy Technique, New York: Applause.
GORDON, Marc.(2000). "Salvaging Strasberg at the Fin Siecle", Method Acting Reconsidered, Ed. David Krasner, New York: St. Martin's Pres.
HETHMON, H. Robert. (1991). Strasberg at The Actors Studio, New York: Theater Communications Group Inc.
HIRCSH, Foster. (1984). A Method to Their Madness: A History of the Actors Studio, New York : Norton.
KRACAUER, Siegfried. (1997). Theory of Film, The Redemption of Physical Reality, Oxford Unıversıty Pres.
KRASNER, David. (Ed.) (2000). Method Acting Reconsidered: Theory, Practice, Future, New York: St. Martin's Pres.
LOTMAN, Yuriy M. (1999). Sinema Estetiğinin Sorunları, (Çev. Oğuz Özügül). Ankara: Öteki Yayınevi.
MASCELLI, V. Joseph. (2002). Sinemanın 5 Temel Öğesi, Ankara: İmge Kitabevi Yayınları.
MONACO, James. (2005). Bir Film Nasıl Okunur?, (Çev. Ertan Yılmaz). İstanbul: Oğlak Yayıncılık.
MOORE, Sonia. (1984). The Stanislavski System-The Professional Training of an
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Other
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Assignment 1 5
Practice 1 10
Attendance 1 5
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 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 45 45
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 1 2 2
Total Work Load153
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5.1
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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