COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCRIPTWRITING IV

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTS 4326 SCRIPTWRITING IV COMPULSORY 2 4 0 6

Offered By

Film Design and Screenwriting

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SABIRE SOYTOK

Offered to

Cinema and Television
Film Design and Screenwriting
Film Design and Screenwriting

Course Objective

Scenario Writing IV course has been opened as a common and theoretical lesson for all departments of Department of Film Design.
The aim, content and expected contribution to the students of this course is as follows:
Students taking this course are expected to
1. practise by the help of a shot scenario to have them implement what they have learnt in the first term,
2. have the skill to rewrite the scenario of a shot film,
3. practise a lot to reach a level of commenting and working on films and scenarios,
4. do realistic dialogue studies in scenario by means of dialogue writing studies,
5. practise a lot to understand the mentality and to realize a situation.



Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   have the skill to take part in original and individual production works that have been enhanced by aesthetic concepts such as story, composition, scenario after carrying out creative productions in their education,
2   have the skill to make up a visual story,
3   do an independent research, carry out a study having an objective viewpoint,
4   have the skill to make comparisons and have analytical thinking ability,
5   write the scenario of a film that they have watched, or determine, list and compare the differences between a scenario and a film.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Information about general method of the course: and literature about cinema films and books
2 Explain the theme, theorem, conflict, affabulation via a shot scenario, and explain the end points via a sample film
3 Explain the theme, theorem, conflict, affabulation via a shot scenario, and explain the end points via a sample film
4 Explain the theme, theorem, conflict, affabulation via a shot scenario, and explain the end points via a sample film
5 Determinating dramatic factors by rewriting the scenario of a film
6 Determinating dramatic factors by rewriting the scenario of a film
7 Determinating dramatic factors by rewriting the scenario of a film; studies for making dialogue and place combination
8 studies for making dialogue and place combination
9 studies for making dialogue and place combination
10 . make up a story and develop it via a given situation
11 . make up a story and develop it via a given situation
12 . make up a story and develop it via a given situation
13 . make up a story and develop it via a given situation
14 . make up a story and develop it via a given situation

Recomended or Required Reading

Senaryo Yazımı, William Miller
Senaryo Yazarı ,Olmak Senaryo Yazmak Feridun Akyürek
Senaryo Kuramı, Semir Aslanyürek
Senaryo Yazımı ,John Costello
Senaryo Yazarının Yol Haritası, Wendell Wellman
Senaryo Yazarları Için, Psikoloji William Indick
Bir Senaryo Yazmak ,Michel Chion

Oyun ve Senaryo Yazma Tekniği Tiyatro, Radyo, Televizyon, Sinema Turgut Özakman

Cinema Narrative: Senaryo Melis Oktuğ

Other course materials: Scenarios taken on film, Movies, Stories, written by the students examples, Music

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

We aim to have students gain the skill to distinguish, write the phases of scenario writing in practice, and to analyse and think comparatively.
Instructing the lesson, film analysis, discussions and seminars.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.70 + ASG * 0.30


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

We aim to have students gain the skill to distinguish, write the phases of scenario writing in practice, and to analyse and think comparatively.
Instructing the lesson, film analysis, discussions and seminars.

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 3 42
Tutorials 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 14 2 28
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 143

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
LO.1
LO.2
LO.3
LO.4
LO.5

CONTACT INFORMATION
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