COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CINEMA AND ARCHITECTURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 4526 CINEMA AND ARCHITECTURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DENIZ LÖKÇE

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce the intersection points of cinema and architecture. There will be film screenings in this course. The course schedule may focus on architectural fiction in cinema, fictive space in architecture, cinema and architecture within the context of design, or may specifically focus on a sub-genre such as anime, science-fiction, fantastic, and experimental cinema.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To grasp the intersection points of cinema and architecture
2   To identify cinematic ways of seeing and thinking
3   To interpret architecture and cities in cinema
4   To evaluate the relationship of cinema with architecture, city, culture, art, science, and technology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to cinema and architecture
2 Film theories and movements
3 Film screening and discussion on film theories
4 Cinematography, Soviet montage theory, Gilles Deleuze's cinematographic approach
5 Film screening and discussion on cinematography
6 Mid-term
7 Formal, historical, and structuralist analysis of architecture
8 Film screening and analysis
9 Urban, social, philosophical, and techno-scientific criticism
10 Film screening and criticism
11 Psychological and psychoanalitical film analysis
12 Film screening and Freudian analysis
13 Film screening and Jungian analysis
14 General review of the course
15 Final jury week

Recomended or Required Reading

Akarsu, Hikmet Temel vd. (2020). Sinemada Mimarlık. Istanbul: Yem.
Andrew, J. Dudley (2010), Büyük Sinema Kuramları, Istanbul: Doruk.
Arısal, Arsal (2009). Anime Örnekleri Işığında Psikoloji-Mekan Ilişkisi, Arredamento Mimarlık, No. 11, ss. 99-105.
Büker, Seçil ve Y. Gürhan Topçu (2019), Sinema: Tarih-Kuram-Eleştiri, Istanbul: Ithaki.
Deleuze, Gilles (2011), Denetim Toplumları, çev. Ulus Baker, e-Skop.
Deleuze, Gilles (2014), Hareket - Imge / Sinema 1, Istanbul: Norgunk.
Deleuze, Gilles (2021), Zaman - Imge / Sinema 2, Istanbul: Norgunk.
Diken, Bülent ve Carsten B. Laustsen (2019). Filmlerle Sosyoloji, Istanbul: Metis.
Eisenstein, Sergei (1984), Film Duyumu, Istanbul: Payel.
Eisenstein, Sergei (2006), Sinema Dersleri, Istanbul: Agora.
Eisenstein, Sergei (2014), Film Biçimi, Istanbul: Agora.
Ersümer, Oğuzhan (2013), Bilimkurgu Sinemasında Cyberpunk, Istanbul: Altıkırkbeş.
Foucault, Michel (2013), Görülmeden Gözetim Altında Tutan Hapishane Sistemi, Hapishanenin Doğuşu, Istanbul: Imge, ss. 289-331.
Freud, Sigmund (2016), Tekinsiz, Sanat ve Edebiyat, Istanbul: Payel.
Freud, Sigmund (2019), Ego ve Id, Istanbul: Oda.
Kırel, Serpil (2018), Kültürel Çalışmalar ve Sinema, Istanbul: Ithaki.
Hockley, Luke (2004), Film Çözümlemesinde Jungcu Yaklaşım, Istanbul: Es.
Jung, Carl Gustav (2006), Analitik Psikoloji, Istanbul: Payel.
Jung, Carl Gustav (2015), Dört Arketip, Istanbul: Metis.
Martin-Jones, David (2014), Sinemada Hareket-imajlar, Zaman-imajlar ve Melez-imajlar, Yeni Bir Bakışla Deleuze, ed. Damian Sutton ve David Martin-Jones, çev. Murat Özbank ve Yetkin Başkavak, Istanbul: Kolektif, ss. 109-122.
McGowan, Todd ve Sheila Kunkle (2014), Lacan ve Çağdaş Sinema, Istanbul: Say.
Napier, Susan J. (2007), Anime: Akira'dan Howl'un Hareketli Şatosuna, Istanbul: Es.
Öz, Melodi Ipek (2012), Japon Bilim Kurgu Animelerinde Kent ve Mimarlık: Ghost in the Shell I & II ve Metropolis Animeleri Üzerinden Bir Inceleme, yayımlanmamış yüksek lisans tezi, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi.
Özdemir, Emre (2019), Akira Örnekleminde Post Apokaliptik Toplum ve Çevre Tasvirlerinin Siberpunk Kültüründeki Yeri, yayımlanmamış yüksek lisans tezi, Maltepe Üniversitesi.
Ranciere, Jacques (2011), Sinematografik Masal, Istanbul: Küre.
Sütcü, Özcan Yılmaz (2005), Gilles Deleuze'de Imge Hareketi Olarak Sinemanın Felsefesi, Istanbul: Es.
Taburoğlu, Özgür (2014), Öznesiz ve Nesnesiz Bakış: Deleuze'ün Sinema Kuramı, Göçebe Düşünmek, ed. Ahmet Murat Aytaç ve Mustafa Demirtaş, Istanbul: Metis, ss. 291-318.
Taşkale, Ali Rıza (2019), Süregiden Bir Distopya Olarak Kapitalizm: Blade Runner 2049'un Eleştirisi, Cogito, No. 95-96, ss. 15-20.
Yıldırım, Ozan (2019), Gilles Deleuze'ün Sinematografik Yaklaşımları Bağlamında Nuri Bilge Ceylan Sineması Hakkında Bir Değerlendirme, yayımlanmamış yüksek lisans tezi, Başkent Üniversitesi.
Zizek, Slavoj (2007), Lacan Hakkında Bilmeyi Hep Istediğiniz Ama Hitchcock'a Sormaya Korktuğunuz Her Şey, Istanbul: Agora.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, film screening, discussion.

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. In online education format, midterm and final exam will be processed as homework submission. The format of the homework will be announced in the class.
2. Class participation will be evaluated through students' active participation in class discussions. Throughout the term, student participation will depend on; 1) The ability of student's discussions during film screening and analysis via the texts given prior to screenings and subjects handled in the course, 2) The quality of student's responses to the questions during the course, 3) Student's overall contribution throughout the course to create a positive learning environment. In online education, same assessments are relevant for asynchronous learning format. In such case, students are expected to write their responses and join discussions on the Forum panel of the course's digital module.
3. In written assignments, students are obliged to give credit for all sentences that they cite. Plagiarism is not allowed.
4. If students need to refer to online sources, they are not allowed to use blogs and anonymous websites; they can only use official web sites and scholarly e-journals as references.

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam % 20 (LO1, LO2)
Class participation % 40 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)
Final exam % 40 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is not considered as a valid excuse to be absent in class for late submissions of assignments.
2. Late submissions will be subject to a different evaluation.
3. All kinds of plagiarism will result in a disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

deniz.balik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 2 14
Case study 6 2 12
Other (watching artwork belong to visual arts) 11 1 11
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 0 0 0
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455