COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADAPTATION PRACTICES I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FSS 3319 ADAPTATION PRACTICES I ELECTIVE 1 2 0 3

Offered By

Film Design and Screenwriting

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR EMEL YUVAYAPAN YILDIRIM

Offered to

Film Design and Screenwriting

Course Objective

It is inevitable the relationship between cinema and other art disciplines mainly literature. History of cinema is substantially the history of adaptations. Because of that, to have a general knowledge on adaptations made from literature to cinema would enrich the world of movie maker while creating a new text from its elder version. The course helps to be learnt of methods, techniques and analysis about approaches of adaptation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learn adaptation works made to cinema from different art disciplines,
2   Comprehend methods of adaptation,
3   Evaluation of the difference between language of cinema and language of other disciplines such as literature,
4   Make analysis and evaluations about adaptations made from literature to cinema,
5   Comprehend the difference between the world of author and the world of scriptwriter/director.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to adaptation
2 Introduction to adaptation
3 Plastic arts and adaptations to cinema
4 Plastic arts and adaptations to cinema
5 Performing arts and adaptations to cinema
6 Performing arts and adaptations to cinema
7 Analysis over a sample
8 Analysis over a sample
9 Literary text and adaptations to cinema
10 Literary text and adaptations to cinema
11 Analysis over a sample
12 Analysis over a sample
13 Adaptation methods
14 General conclusion

Recomended or Required Reading

essays Sense on Cinema-Christian Metz
The Pleasure of the Text-Roland Barthes
Intertextuality Relations-Kubilay Aktulun
From Words to Image-Orhan Ünser
Season of Cherry, Movie Ticket-Hakan Savaş

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Analysis through different art disciplines, literary texts and film samples. Practice.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRC PRACTICE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRC * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50


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
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Design Project 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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