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Program of Film Design and Directing

FİLM215

SCRIPTWRITING I

Course Code
FİLM215
Semester
Third Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
5
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study2
SemesterThird Term (Fall)
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Learn what is script in cinema.
  2. Understand the function and importance of script in a production.
  3. Know the processes of a script and by learning script writing rules, put these learnings into practice.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionThe basic concepts, the fundamental principles and stages of scriptwriting will be covered in this course. The idea of film, synopsis, writing and analyzing treatment, examining similar works in the context of scenario, basic features of a good script, parts of script (introduction, development, resolution), and scriptwriting formats are being discussed.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to Script
2nd Week Key Elements of a Script
3rd Week The Structure of Narrative and Story
4th Week Traditional Dramatical Structure / Conflict - Complication - Resolution
5th Week Basic Concept of Story and Basic Applications of Story Design
6th Week Applications of Finding Different Story Structures, Basic Stories and Conflicts Starting the Story
7th Week Main Components of a Script and Points to Consider While Script Writing
8th Week Sustainable content; plot, characters, genres
9th Week Formal and Contextual Working Stages of a Script, Writing Cinematographic Subject/ Synopsis and Treatment
10th Week Continuity / Sequence and Stage Study
11th Week Shooting Script
12th Week Story Board
13th Week Working on Sample Shoting Scripts Prepared for Cinema
14th Week Demonstrating the Process of Visualisation by Comparative Viewing of a Film with its Script
Recommended or Required ReadingSENARYO VE YAPIM
Mahmut Tali Öngören, Alan Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1985.

SENARYO YAZARI OLMAK
Feridun Akyürek, MediaCat Kitapları, İstanbul, 2004.

THE NONBROADCAST TELEVISION WRITER?S HANDBOOK
William Van Nonstran, Knowlwdge Industry Publications, Inc. NY, 1983.

ELEMENTS OF STYLE FOR SCREENWRITERS, The Essential Manual for Writers of Screenplays, Paul Argentini, IFilm Publishing, Lone Eagle Publising. Co., USA, New York, 1998.

THE SCREEN-WRITER?S WORKBOOK
Syd FIELD, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., USA, New York, 1984.

WRITERS AT THE MOVIES, TWENTY-SIX CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS CELEBRATE, TWENTY- SIX MEMORABLE MOVIES, Edited by Jım Shepard, Perennial An Imprint of Harper Collins Publihers, New York, 2000.

SCREENWRITING
Ray Frensham, Printed in Great Britain for Hodder&Stoughton Educational, a division of Hodder Headline Ltd., London, 2003.

OYUN VE SENARYO YAZMA TEKNİĞİ
Turgut Özakman, Bilgi Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1998.

SENARYO KURAMI
Semir Aslanyürek, Pan Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1998.

BİR SENARYO YAZMAK
Michael Chion, Çeviren. Nedret Tanyolaç, Afa Sinema Yayınları, İstanbul, 1997.

SENARYO YAZIMI DERS NOTLARI
H. Hale KÜNÜÇEN, Gazi Üniversitesi ve Başkent Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi (1994 ? 2013).
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Practice
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Assignment 1 10
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 50 50
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 40 40
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 1 20 20
Total Work Load156
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5.2
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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