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Program of Film Design and Directing

FİLM218

ADVANCED CINEMATOGRAPHY

Course Code
FİLM218
Semester
Fourth Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice
2 + 2
ECTS
5
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study2
SemesterFourth Term (Spring)
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Recognize basic components of image, aesthetic elements of cinema; learn their functions.
  2. Learn the importance of image in cinema, how to edit and compose an image.
  3. Gain practice/experience of image-editing.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionTo create meaning in cinema, the components of cinematography will be focused in an advanced level and will be reinforced with practical works.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Art,artist,piece of art, concept of beauty. Concept of aesthetic and relating it with visual arts.
2nd Week Visual and auditıry perception. Importance of the way display and audio is created.
3rd Week The use and importance of visiual elements in display.Relation of image-reality between cinema,television and photograph.Objectiveness and the comment on object: Using creatitvity of camera and audio
4th Week Functions of the image in the cinema. Picture composition: Description and aims.
5th Week Visualization and picturization. Movement in the process of display.
6th Week Frame ,framing, effective elements of framing, the technique of framing.
7th Week Midterm
8th Week Scene unision:position,view and unision of movement and the rule of scene line, Concentrating the visual attention to a certain spot and shifting the audience to the center of attraction.
9th Week Usage of "triangle theory" at positioning of cameras and basic usages of triangle theory.
10th Week Basic trunk and camera positioning at picture composition of scenes with dialogue.
11th Week Visual balance. Functions of camera as a communication instrument.
12th Week Visual photographic elements at picture composition (form, line, texture, tone, colour, etc.)
13th Week The two structural areas of visual aesthetic:Image and audio.
14th Week Audio,basic elements of audio and function of audio,relation between image and audio as an aesthetic energy.
Recommended or Required ReadingÇerkes Karadağ. Görme Kültürü: Görüntüler Evreni. Doruk Yayımcılık, Ankara, 2004.
Herbert Read. Sanatın Anlamı. (Çev. Güner İnal ve Nuşin Asgari), ikinci baskı, İstanbul, 1974.
Herbert Zettl. Sight Sound Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics. California:Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1973.
Levend Kılıç. Görüntü Estetiği. İnkılap Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2000.
Robert Edmonds. The Sights and Sounds of Cinema and Television: How the Aesthetic Experience Influence Our Feelings. New York: Teachers College Press, 1982.
Seyide Parsa. Televizyon Estetiği. Ege Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Yayınları, Yayın No: 6, Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi, İzmir, 1994.
Susan Sontag. Fotoğraf Üzerine. (Çev. Reha Akçakaya,), Altıkırkbeş Yayınları, İstanbul, 1993.
Video Sanatı: Eleştirel bir bakış. Derleyen: Levend Kılıç. Hil Yayın, İstanbul, 1995.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Practice
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Assignment 1 30
Attendance 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
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours 14 4 56
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework 1 40 40
Project 1 55 55
Field Research 1 10 10
Meeting with advisor
Total Work Load161
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5.36
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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