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RTS245

HISTORY OF CINEMA

Course Code
RTS245
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 to evaluate the film in its historical-cultural context.
  2. 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).
  3. Gain the ability to associate cinema with world history, movements of thought and individual life.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionThe 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
1st 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.
2nd Week Pioneers of Silent Cinema in the USA: D. W. Griffith, B. Keaton, C. Chaplin, E. Stroheim.
3rd Week Sample Film Screening & Discussion: The Gold Rush (C. Chaplin, 1925)
4th Week Soviet Cinema and the Essential Position of Editing.
5th Week Sample Film Screening & Discussion: Battleship Potemkin (S. Eisenstein, 1925)
6th Week Expressionist Tradition
7th Week The Rise of German Cinema
8th Week Sample Film Screening & Discussion: M (F. Lang, 1930).
9th Week Poetic Realism and 30s French Cinema
10th Week Sample Film Screening & Discussion: The Grand Illusion (J. Renoir, 1937)
11th Week Development Process of the American Film Industry: Depression Years.
12th Week Development Process of the American Film Industry: Cold War Years.
13th Week Sample film analysis: Sunset Boulevard (Sunset Blvd, Billy Wilder, 1950).
14th Week The conditions that constitute the birth of modern cinema.
Recommended or Required ReadingTeksoy, 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 Load156
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5.2
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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