COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WRITING STUDIES II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBS 2126 WRITING STUDIES II ELECTIVE 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Department of Film Design

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR SABIRE SOYTOK

Offered to

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

Course Objective

Writing Essays I has been opened as a department of scenario writing and department optional lesson.
The aim of this course taken by department of scenario writing and department of cinema students is as follows:
The students taking this course are supposed to do studies on interactions with other departments story-making up and creating a visual language, and on going on a film or a literary work at a certain part, and going on an essay with logical and dramatic style. They are also expected to make up stories about a painting or a music piece. Our aim is to contribute to the students imagination and design abilities.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   comprehend the expression language which they make up by using different methods of cinema and other departments of art , make out logical relations and write stories
2   make up a visual language and practise it from departments of art in different languages
3   . write stories from photographs, film settings and music
4   take a literal story and film from a point, go on to write the dramatic story and fictionalise it
5   improve the creative skill by imaginary design, create cinematic designs from different departments of art.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Informing about the general method of the course, and about literature of cinema films and books
2 Practising on the differences and similarities of literary stories and film stories
3 Practising on the differences and similarities of literary stories and film stories
4 Studies on completing a literary story
5 Making up a story from a film setting
6 Writing the story of a shot
7 Analysing characters from a photo
8 Writing a story about presented objects and concepts
9 Writing a story about presented objects and concepts
10 Fictionalising an imaginary design
11 Analysing a character from a photo
12 Creating an atmosphere from a music piece and designing a story
13 Creating an atmosphere from a music piece and designing a story
14 Creating an atmosphere from a music piece and designing a story

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book(s)/Required Readings:


Additional Sources:

Complementary Materials:

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Active participation in lectures and workshops will take place in the course texts designed
assessments will be made out of.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 + ATT * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + ATT * 0.10 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The lessons will be realized as active participation and workshop works;
evaluations will be made out of the essays designed in the lessons.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

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 1 14
Tutorials 14 1 14
Preparation for final exam 1 1 1
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 14 3 42
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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