COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY CINEMA INTERPRETATION I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBS 4101 CONTEMPORARY CINEMA INTERPRETATION I ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Department of Film Design

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR GÜLÜNAZ SARAÇOĞLU

Offered to

Cinema and Television
Animation Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Sound Editing and Cinematography
Film Design and Screenwriting

Course Objective

This course aims to teach the student, make them comprehend the problems of contemporary cinema based on the terms used to define our age such as democracy, freedom, individual, subject, identity, the other, modern, postmodern, existentialism, simulation, war, genocide, neo-colonialism, ideology, globalization etc. and starting from this point making analysis comparatively by watching sample films from modernist cinema, movement, category, directors and cinemas

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   .Learn and understand the problems of the age that he/she has been living in via cinema
2   Learn the different aesthetics of the films which discuss the contemporary problems
3   gain the knowledge and ability to identify his/her political, ideological, national, global, individual identity
4   Have the ability to question himself/herself about where and when he/she must stand and what missions he/she could have as a graduate from a cinema school
5   Be able to evaluate the position of Turkish cinema among the other world cinemas
6   Be able improve a critical point of view about Turkish and world cinemas.
7   Try to find out the ways how he/she can express his/her feelings and thoughts via cinematic language and find the questions and answers of what kind of a style he/she must shape

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 A general overview of Contemporary Cinema.
2 Cinema and existentialism films to be watched during the classes; The Seventh Seal, Ingmar Bergman, Hiroshima Mon Amor A. Resnais, La Notte, M. Antonioni.
3 Cinema and existentialism films to be watched during the classes; The Seventh Seal, Ingmar Bergman, Hiroshima Mon Amor A. Resnais, La Notte, M. Antonioni.
4 Cinema and existentialism films to be watched during the classes; The Seventh Seal, Ingmar Bergman, Hiroshima Mon Amor A. Resnais, La Notte, M. Antonioni.
5 Cinema and War- Films to be watched during the classes; Come and See, E. Klimov, Apocalypse Now, F.F. Coppola, Skammen, Ingmar Bergman.
6 Cinema and War- Films to be watched during the classes; Come and See, E. Klimov, Apocalypse Now, F.F. Coppola, Skammen, Ingmar Bergman.
7 Cinema and War- Films to be watched during the classes; Come and See, E. Klimov, Apocalypse Now, F.F. Coppola, Skammen, Ingmar Bergman.
8 Minimalist Cinema films to be watched during the classes; Mouchette, R Bresson, Mystery Train, J. Jarmush, The White Balloon, J.Panahi.
9 Minimalist Cinema films to be watched during the classes; Mouchette, R Bresson, Mystery Train, J. Jarmush, The White Balloon, J.Panahi.
10 Minimalist Cinema films to be watched during the classes; Mouchette, R Bresson, Mystery Train, J. Jarmush, The White Balloon, J.Panahi.
11 Discussion of the three topics so far.
12 Mid-term Exam.
13 Discussions of contemporary films
14 Discussions of contemporary films

Recomended or Required Reading

Main reference:
Sinema ve Varoluşçuluk, Hakan Savaş, Altukırkbeş Publishing.
The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures, Jean Baudrillard
Tüketim Toplumu, Nevrotik Kültür ve Dövüş Klübü, Hakan Övünç Ongur, Ayrıntı Publishing
Amerikan Sinemasında Savaş ve Vietnam Filmleri, Ertan Yılmaz, Antrakt Cinema Books.
1968 ve Sinema, Ertan Yılmaz, Kitle Publishing.
Minimalizm ve Sinema, Pelin Özdoğru, Es Publishing.
Lars Von Trier, Jack Stevenson, Agora Publishing.
Supplementary references:
Sinema ve Modernlik, John Orr, Bilim Sanat Publishing.
Altı Varoluşçu Düşünür, H.J. Blackham, Dost Publishing.
Existantialism, Jean Paul Sartre.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. It s assessed that if the reference before the course is read or not and if the films which should be watched or watched or not.
2. The participation in discussions are also assessed.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 ATT ATTENDANCE
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + ATT * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + ATT * 0.10 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It s compulsory to attend 70% of the classes.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities
 Number
 Time
(hours)		 Total Work Load
(hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 61

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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