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Master's Program of Film Design with Thesis

FİLM507

FILM AND POLITICS

Course Code
FİLM507
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelMaster's Degree With Thesis
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Improve their film analysis skills
  2. Learn how to relate films and other disciplines.
  3. Gain the ability to write academic texts with relating their fields of interests.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course Description
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction: The Relationship Between Film and Politics
2nd Week Film and Ideology
3rd Week Propaganda Cinema: Cinema and Manipulation
4th Week Soviet Cinema and Revolution: Montage and Political Narrative
5th Week Third Cinema: Resistance and Anticolonial Cinema
6th Week Documentary and Political Reality: Reality, Ethics, Representation
7th Week Censorship and Freedom of Expression
8th Week Identity Politics: Race, Class, Ethnicity
9th Week Gender and Feminist Film
10th Week Queer Cinema and Politics
11th Week War and Cinema
12th Week Neoliberalism and Cinema
13th Week Digital Activism and Film
14th Week Cinema and Resistance
Recommended or Required ReadingMichael Ryan & Douglas Kellner - Politik Kamera: Çağdaş Hollywood Sinemasının İdeolojisi ve Politikası.
Michael Ryan - Eleştiriye Giriş: Edebiyat/Sinema/Kültür
Mike Wayne - Politik Film - Üçüncü Sinema'nın Diyalektiği
Fernando Solanas & Octavio Getino ? Towards a Third Cinema
Sergei Eisenstein - Sinema Dersleri
Bill Nichols - Introduction to Documentary
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Assignment 1 10
Presentation of Article 1 10
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 1 60 60
Preparation for Final exam 1 50 50
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 50 50
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 3 3
Homework 1 40 40
Article Presentation 1 50 50
Total Work Load297
Total Work Load / 30 (h)9.9
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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