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Master's Program of Film Design with Thesis

FİLM509

DIGITALIZATION AND NEW POSSIBILITIES IN FILM MAKING

Course Code
FİLM509
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. Analyze how social relations and institutions change within the framework of digital media.
  2. Gain knowledge on how digital media transforms within the framework of social movements.
  3. Possess knowledge regarding theories, methods, and techniques related to film, video, and other digital forms.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionWithin the scope of the course, we will examine how aesthetic perceptions and narratives are transformed by technology through various forms such as film, video art, series, music videos, and interactive videos. Discussions will cover diverse aesthetics and production habits, ranging from the technological advancements in production tools that enabled movements like Dada, Fluxus, and Third Cinema to internet broadcasting and major platform productions. Through specific examples, we will analyze how different artists have created new forms of expression by pushing the boundaries of the production tools they use.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction, definition of digital media
2nd Week Film Technology and the possibilities it creates
3rd Week World War I and Dadaism
4th Week Experimental Cinema
5th Week The Vietnam War and Fluxus
6th Week Video Art
7th Week Digital media youth and consumer culture
8th Week Music broadcasting and the changing film form
9th Week Music videos
10th Week New media and cinema
11th Week Hypertexts
12th Week Platforms
13th Week Interactive productions
14th Week Presentations
15th Week
Recommended or Required ReadingBall, H. (1916). The Dada manifesto. Cabaret Voltaire.
Bürger, P. (1974). Theory of the avant-garde (M. Shaw, Trans.). University of Minnesota Press.
Foster, H. (1996). The return of the real: The avant-garde at the end of the century. MIT Press.
Huelsenbeck, R. (Ed.). (1920). Dada almanach. Erich Reiss Verlag.
Higgins, D. (1966). Statement on intermedia. Something Else Press.
Higgins, H. (2002). Fluxus experience. University of California Press.
Maciunas, G. (1963). Fluxus manifesto. Fluxus.
Smith, O. F. (1998). Fluxus: The history of an attitude. San Diego State University Press.
Krauss, R. (1976). Video: The aesthetics of narcissism. October, 1, 50?64. https://doi.org/10.2307/778507
Paik, N. J. (1974). Media planning for the postindustrial society (Rockefeller Foundation Report). Rockefeller Foundation.
Spielmann, Y. (2008). Video: The reflexive medium (A. Shafi, Trans.). MIT Press.
Viola, B. (1995). Reasons for knocking at an empty house: Writings 1973?1994. MIT Press.
Deren, M. (1946). An anagram of ideas on art, form and film. Alicat Book Shop.
Ji, Y. (2024). Artistic alchemy: Exploring the fusion of art theory and film aesthetics in visual storytelling. Herança, 7(2), 51?68. https://doi.org/10.52152/heranca.v7i2.785
Mulvey, L. (2006). Death 24x a second: Stillness and the moving image. Reaktion Books.
Sitney, P. A. (2002). Visionary film: The American avant-garde, 1943?2000 (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
Aarseth, E. J. (1997). Cybertext: Perspectives on ergodic literature. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Bush, V. (1945). As we may think. The Atlantic Monthly, 176(1), 101?108.
Landow, G. P. (1992). Hypertext: The convergence of contemporary critical theory and technology. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Nelson, T. H. (1965). Complex information processing: A file structure for the complex, the changing and the indeterminate. In Proceedings of the 1965 20th ACM National Conference (pp. 84?100). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/800197.806036
Bolter, J. D., & Grusin, R. (1999). Remediation: Understanding new media. MIT Press.
Giannini, T., & Bowen, J. P. (2022). Museums and digital culture: From reality to digitality. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80319-3
Manovich, L. (2001). The language of new media. MIT Press.
Rieser, M., & Zapp, A. (Eds.). (2002). New screen media: Cinema/art/narrative. British Film Institute. Towse, R., & Navarrete Hernandez, T. (2020). Handbook of Cultural Economics, Third Edition. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975803
Wilson, N., Comunian, R., Faggian, A., & Heinonen, J. (2022). A Modern Guide to Creative Economies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/a-modern-guide-to-creative-economies(34d18f52-0385-4004-8baa-74cc13713513).html
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Practice
  • Presentation
  • Project
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Assignment 1 30
Total(%) 30
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 30
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 70
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 1 70 70
Preparation for Final exam 1 50 50
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 45 45
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 3 3
Homework 3 30 90
Presentation (including preperation)
Field Research
Article Presentation
Total Work Load300
Total Work Load / 30 (h)10
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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