COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCRIPTWRITING II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTS 3304 SCRIPTWRITING II COMPULSORY 2 4 0 6

Offered By

Film Design and Screenwriting

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR SABIRE SOYTOK

Offered to

Cinema and Television
Film Design and Screenwriting

Course Objective

This course aims to make the student learn and comprehend techniques of the texts prior to the silm script in the dramatic structure (synopsis, treatment, film story) and the terms of dramatic story like character/space analysis, identification and catharsis.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have the ability to write a feature film script in the dramatic form
2   .Learn the basic components and terms which shapes the dramatic structure such as main conflict, side conflict, shaping a character, creating the story line based on cause and effect relationship, identification, catharsis, time/space matching
3   Have the ability to write stories fitting the dramatic structure
4   Learn the pre-screenwriting text techniques such as synopsis, treatment, film story
5   Be able to shape a character and learn the terms and the theories about social, political, psychoanalytic etc. fields which are necessary to build a new character
6   Be able to correlate the cinematic universe and reality correctly
7   .Learn the inner and outer determiners of a person such as family, education, establishments like government, love, sexuality, violence, fear, neurosis; as a necessity by the topic being worked on and the themes

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

FTS 3303 - Scriptwriting I

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Guidelines about the feature film script. Determination of the topic and the themes of the script that the students is going to write and two weeks of research
2 Analysis of the dramatic structure
3 Analysis of the dramatic structure and review over the film
4 Analysis of the dramatic structure and review over the film
5 Analysis of the dramatic structure and review over the film
6 Writing the synopsis and evaluating them reading together
7 Starting to shape the long story based on the character, proposition or stream of events upon the student s request
8 Starting to shape the long story based on the character, proposition or stream of events upon the student s request
9 Starting to shape the long story based on the character, proposition or stream of events upon the student s request
10 Watching and overviewing the sample films that can support the stories
11 Reading the stories. Last criticism and corrections.
12 Building the story and discussion and criticism about the treatment
13 Building the story and discussion and criticism about the treatment
14 Building the story and discussion and criticism about the treatment

Recomended or Required Reading

Main reference:
Supplementary references:
Psychology for Screenwriters, William INDICK; +1 Kitap
Senaryo Yazarı Olmak, Senaryo Yazmak, Feridun AKYÜREK
Senaryo Kitabı- Pana Film Senaryo Yazım Teknikleri ve Film Öyküleri, Öktem BAŞOL; Pana Film
Ecrire un Scénario, Michel CHION
Senaryoda Diyalog, Michael Korz

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

As an applied course, the student is assessed according to the texts that he/she has written in the forms of synopsis, film story, character and space analysis, treatment and script. Besides, his/her creativity, participation in discussions and contribution to analysis are assessed.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.80 + ATT * 0.20


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
Case study 14 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 14 3 42
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 154

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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