COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AMERICAN CINEMA AND HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBS 3125 AMERICAN CINEMA AND HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Department of Film Design

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMRAH SUAT ONAT

Offered to

Sound Editing and Cinematography
Animation Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Cartoon Film and Animation
Film Design and Screenwriting
Film Design and Screenwriting

Course Objective

From it's first days Hollywood cinema affected all national cinemas of the world and let there exist a film style called mainstream cinema. thus the narrative that is solely belongs to Hollywood determines the audience anticipation and perception. the objective of the course is to analyse the genres of Hollywood and mainstream cinema and study their idological and political aspects.. If the Hollywood cinema is an IMPACT on other national cinema styles, these styles gave birth to different RESPONSES. therefore, to understand these responses broadly, the students have to understand the impact that creates repsonses.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to comprehend the major ideological respects of Hollywood cinema
2   to gain the ability to determine the historical relations between mainstream cinema genres and Hollywood cinema
3   to gain the ability to determine de socio-cultural, politics and ideological connections of the era that the Hollywood films represent
4   to comprehend the contradictions and conflicts between the conceptions of Hollywood and non-Hollywood cinema / mainstream and non-mainstream cinema
5   to comprehend the connections between, at least on a periodic basis, global history and US history.
6   to gain knowledge about the historical necesitties that creates modern cinema.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and course requirements
2 United States before 1900's
3 First filmic attempts in US
4 Edison and Kinetograph
5 Transitional Period (1907 - 1917)
6 Transition of American Cinema from New York to Hollywood
7 Hollywood and United States; 1920's: Studio System
8 Hollywood, 1920's: MPPDA and Codes of Self Regulation
9 Great Depression on Hollywood
10 Production Code (Hays Code) as a censorship law
11 Production Code Administration and 1930's
12 II. World War on Hollywood
13 Film Noir and 1940's
14 Red Scare, Black List and 1950's.

Recomended or Required Reading

Politik Film, Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2010.
Dünya Sinema Tarihi, Kabalcı yayınları, 2003.
Film Sanatı, Deki Yayınları, 2012.
Film, Biçim ve Kültür, Deki Yayınları.
ABD Tarihi, Doğu Batı yayınları, 2005.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

At the course, Hollywood cinema will be studied on decade system. sometimes the students will watch some Hollywood films.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 + ATT * 0.60 + STT * 0.10


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

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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 5 5
Quiz etc. 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 49

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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