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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FTB 3110	AESTHETICS OF CINEMA I	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	2

Offered By

Department of Film Design

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR SABIRE SOYTOK

Offered to

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

Course Objective

Cinema Aesthetics I course has been opened as a common and theoretical lesson for all departments of Department of Film Design.
The aim, content and expected contribution to the students of this course is as follows:
Students taking this course are expected to
1. define the `reality in cinema and comment it in accordance with historical and social aspects
2. define `cinematic reality and explain the facilities of Epical aesthetics emerged as the opposite of Classical aesthetics
3. define epic expression using B. Brecht s aesthetic concept, and identify, give meaning and compare the sharp difference in cinema.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	define the `reality in cinema and explain `reality concept and comment it in accordance with historical and social aspects
2	define and exemplify `cinematic reality , indicate and compare the `reality concepts
3	. identify the facilities of Epical aesthetics emerged as the opposite of Classical aesthetics, and list them comparatively, compare them by indicating the differences
4	define and analyse the films by B. Brecht s Aesthetic Concept, give examples
5	. define epical expression and classify its difference from classical expression and give examples.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Information about general method of the course: and literature about cinema films and books
2	Definition of aesthetics
3	Definition of cinema aesthetics
4	Definition of cinema aesthetics
5	Definition of cinema aesthetics
6	Examining Reality concept
7	Examining Reality concept
8	Examining Reality concept
9	Examining the Reality in Cinema
10	B. Brecht s aesthetic theory
11	B. Brecht s aesthetic theory
12	B. Brecht s aesthetic theory

Recomended or Required Reading

Brecht Estetiği ve Sinema Prof.Dr. Mutlu Parkan
Sinema Estetiği ve Godard Prof.Dr. Mutlu Parkan
Sinema Yazıları Bertolt Brecht
Gerçekiliğin Tarihi B. Suchkov
Gerçekcilik Estetiği Aziz Çalışlar
Gerçekçi Düşüncenin Kaynakları Afşar Timuçin
Estetik ve Politika
Poitika Aristotales

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

We aim to have students gain the skill to comprehend, comment cinema aesthetics and to compare classical structure with epical structure, and analyse them.
Instructing the lesson, film analysis, discussions and seminars.

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	13	2	26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	1	13
Preparation for midterm exam	1	5	5
Preparation for final exam	1	6	6
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			54

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14	PO.15
LO.1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.2	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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