COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCRIPT AND FILM ANALYSES I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTS 4311 SCRIPT AND FILM ANALYSES I COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Film Design and Screenwriting

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ZÜHAL ÇETIN ÖZKAN

Offered to

Cinema and Television
Film Design and Screenwriting

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to examine the emerge of film criticism (analysis) and its development history, when and from which necessity it has emerged, its contribution to cinema, criticism methods in accordance with the relation between cinema and theory.
In this course, the scenarios of sample films are taken as a sample for their themes, category, country and setting period etc.
It is also aimed to analyse them aesthetically and content features, and to teach the students to have a look at them in a critical way.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   comprehend the cinema theory relation by means of scenario and film criticism
2   Realize the importance of criticism factor in cinema development
3   Comprehend the fact that they should be aware of the other branches of fine arts to be able to make accurate criticism
4   Gain the skill to understand and solve a film
5   Learn that they should be a good cinema viewer as an artistic production
6   Learn to use the methods correctly while solving criticism methods and films

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts and the definition of criticism
2 Cinema-theory relationship
3 Film criticism history
4 Film and Ideology
5 Categories in cinema
6 Criticism methods
7 Semiological criticism method and a sample film analysis
8 Psychoanalytic criticism method and a sample film analysis
9 Sociological criticism method and a sample film analysis
10 Historical criticism method and a sample film analysis
11 Sociological criticism method and a sample film analysis
12 Feminist criticism method and a sample film analysis
13 Sample scenario and film comparison
14 Sample scenario and film comparison

Recomended or Required Reading

Film Reviews (Z.Özden)
Film reviews (T. Corrıgan)
Whats Cinema (A.Bazin)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The syllabus is determined by the instructor and lessons are given accordingly.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.70 + ASG * 0.30

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

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 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Reading 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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