COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNIQUES OF DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION IN TRADITIONAL ARTS I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GTB 1001 TECHNIQUES OF DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION IN TRADITIONAL ARTS I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Department of Traditional Turkish Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR AHMET MÜNIR ÖZKAN

Offered to

Restorations of Ancient Tile
Restorations of Ancient Tile

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to instruct the students the importance of photos and videos for documentation, and the methods and techniques in use by using digital cameras and camcorders.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   learn how to take photos,
2   learn to get motion videos by camcorders,
3   comprehend the importance of photos and videos in the documentation of handicrafts,
4   mount the image in digital platform,
5   learn how to document and keep them in digital platform.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of the publication concerning the course and of the content of the course
2 Basic optics information
3 Basic optics information
4 The terms of photography and video and their explanations
5 The historical process of photography
6 The classification of cameras in history
7 Video techniques and the classification of camcorders
8 The techniques of taking photos and shooting videos, and composition rules
9 The techniques of taking photos and shooting videos, and composition rules
10 The techniques of taking photos and shooting videos, and composition rules
11 The techniques of taking photos and shooting videos, and composition rules
12 Project application
13 Project application
14 Project application

Recomended or Required Reading

Fotoğrafın Kısa Tarihçesi Walter Benjamin, YGS Yayınları
Camera Lucida Roland Barthes, Altıkırkbeş Yayınları
Fotoğraf Üzerine Susan Sontag, Agora Kitaplığı
Fotoğrafın Yapısal Öğeleri ve Fotoğraf Sanatında Kompozisyon Sabit Kalfagil, Fotoğrafevi Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course is theoretical. The aim is to supply maximum student attendance and to have the students comprehend the subject by researching and discussing rather than rote learning. In the first lesson, the 15-week program and the equipment used for documentation are introduced. So, the lessons are taught by discussions and exchanging of views, and we also instruct the students the technical matters by means of practices to guide them.

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

Students will be given a mid-term and a final exam concerning the subjects given theoretical. Furthermore, they will prepare a project related to the documentation techniques and submit the practice results. The pass grade will be determined by the midterm, final exam and practice results grades.

Assessment Criteria

The midterm, the project and the final exam will be evaluated out of 100; the 20% of the midterm, the 20% of the project and the 60% of the final exam will determine the pass grade. The evaluation of the two exam questions will be given to the students.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

-The compulsory attendance is 70%.
-Before the end of the term, in the last 15 days, students will be able to learn their attendance. Students having absenteeism over 70% won t be accepted to the final exam.
-Students who come to the class until 5 minutes late after the course starts may attend the lesson. But the ones coming later may not. Even if they attend the course, they will be considered absent.
-At the end of each course, the next lesson s subject is given to the students as study and research subject. So, students come to the next lesson ready.

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
Before and after the lecture (reading texts, articles, etc.) 14 1 14
Preparations for mid-term exam 1 2 2
Preparations for final exam 1 2 2
Final Exam 1 1 1
Mid-term Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 48

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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