COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CHARACTER IN CINEMA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBS 3350 CHARACTER IN CINEMA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Film Design and Directing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR UFUK TAMBAŞ

Offered to

Performance Arts
Accessory Design
Play Writing-Dramaturgy
Stage Design
Animation Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Carpet Kilim Old Fabric Patterns
Ceramic and Glass Design
Illustration and Printmaking
Painting
Musicology
Sculpture
Photography
Sound Editing and Cinematography
Ancient Turkish Calligraphy
Textile Design
Film Design and Screenwriting
Restorations of Ancient Tile
Fashion Clothing Design
Graphic Design
Music Technology

Course Objective

Character, as a basic element of narrative, is a very important concept to understand. The lesson aims at understanding historically and socially the emergence and development of character , and how it was transformed in different narrative structures and social structures. Creating a character as the bearer of action in a narrative is one of the most important stage of grasping the reality and creating an effective narrative. Therefore, the lesson aims at teaching what character is, how it emerged, developed and was transformed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand the emergence of character in the structure of a narrative
2   to learn the phases of character through historical and social development and to forge links between social structure and examples of characters
3   to understand differences in creating a character in different genres and narrative structures
4   to be able to make character analysis for films and thus to enrich film critique
5   to be able to draw upon the character creation experience and accumulation of the history of art as a part of the student s own productions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, how lessons will be given, discussion on the concept of character
2 Definition and characteristics of character
3 Birth o character as a basic component of the narrative.
4 Historical evolution of character
5 Historical evolution of character
6 Historical evolution of character
7 Genres and Character.
8 Genres and Character.
9 Modernist Cinema and Character
10 Modernist Cinema and Character
11 Modernist Cinema and Character
12 Evaluation of the papers and Character Analysis.
13 Evaluation of the papers and Character Analysis.
14 Evaluation of the papers and Character Analysis.

Recomended or Required Reading

Aristoteles, Poetika, , Çev. Ismail Tunalı, Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1995 (Başka çevirileri de bulunmaktadır)
Stanislavski, Bir Karakter Yaratmak, Çev. Suat Taşer, Papirüs Yayınevi, Istanbul, 2000
Vladamir Propp, Masalın Biçimbilimi, çev. Mehmet Rifat-Sema Rifat, Bilim/Felsefe/Sanat Yayınları, Istanbul, 1985
Yörükhan Ünal, Dram Sanatı ve Sinema, Hayal-Et Kitaplığı, Istanbul, 2008
Ayşen Oluk Ersümer, Klasik Anlatı Sineması, Hayalperest Yayınevi, Istanbul 2013
Joseph Campbell, Kahramanın Sonsuz Yolculuğu, Çev. Sabri Gürses, Kabalcı Yayınevi, 2. Basım, Istanbul, 2010
Elinor Fuchs, Karakterin Ölümü, Çev. Beliz Güçbilmez, Dost Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara 2003
Jale Parla, Don Kişot tan Bugüne Roman, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul
Terry Eagleton, Tatlı Şiddet-Trajik Kavramı, Çev. Kutlu Tunca, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul, 2012

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The lesson will trace character s formation beginning from its emergence and conduct analyses and discussions based on examples from theatre, literature and cinema

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 ATT ATTENDANCE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.60 + ATT * 0.30 + ATT * 0.10

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The students are responsible from reading the suggested sources before coming to the class. Assessments will be done considering the student s joining the discussions and a paper to be prepared on the analysis of a character to be selected by the student.

Assessment Criteria

Assessment criteria will be level of joining the discussions, the authenticity of the paper, and labor exerted for it

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students should follow the lessons and meet their responsibilities

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 3 42
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 80

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19
LO.111
LO.2311
LO.3111
LO.4133
LO.533133

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