COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY CINEMA I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTB 3103 HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY CINEMA I COMPULSORY 4 0 0 4

Offered By

Department of Film Design and Directing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SABIRE SOYTOK

Offered to

Course Objective

Modern Cinema History I 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
*know the changes in global cinema especially after the Second World War,
*know important cinema trends and concepts such as Free Cinema, French New Trend Cinema, New Cinema, Third World Cinema, Young German Cinema, Italian Cinema after New Reality, American Independent Cinema so as to understand the contributions of modern trends and events to modern cinema,
*comment the socio-economic and cultural conditions of the countries that have realized these cinema incidences
*identify the sample films of cinema incidences and know their directors
*learn their contributions to global and modern cinema.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   identify social, cultural and historical changes emerged especially in European Cinema after the Second World War in global cinema,
2   know and explain the contributions of improving modern trend or incidences to modern cinema,
3   identify important formations ( Free Cinema, French New Trend Cinema, New Cinema, Third World Cinema, Young German Cinema, Italian Cinema after New Reality, American Independent Cinema ), exemplify, compare and comment the films belonging to trends,
4   identify the socio-economic and cultural conditions of the countries where important cinema incidences happen, and indicate their effects on cinema,
5   . identify important films of cinema trends and happenings, and explain significant directors and cinema perceptivity and exemplify them,
6   . exemplify the contributions of cinema happenings to global and modern cinema comparatively and comment them.

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 Modern cinema concepts in European cinema
3 Free cinema sample: The life of a sportsman / the loneliness of a long-distance runner
4 Free cinema seminar
5 New trend cinema samples
6 New trend cinema seminar
7 Third world cinema and New cinema samples
8 Third world cinema and New cinema seminar
9 Young German cinema samples
10 Young German cinema seminar
11 Midterm
12 Free American cinema samples
13 Free American cinema samples
14 Free American cinema samples

Recomended or Required Reading

Değişen Bakış, Robert Phillip Kolker
Modernizmi Seyretmek, Andras Balint Kovacs
Dünya sinemasında Akımlar Esin Çoşkun
Yeni Dalga sineması, Chris Wiegand
Italyan Yeni gerçekçiliği, Selahattin Bağdatlı
Bağımsız sinema, Douglas K. Holm
Avrupa Sineması, Durmuş Akbulut
Yeni Film Dergisi
Sine Cine Dergisi
Yeni Insan Yeni Sinema Dergisi
Toplumbilim Sayı: 18 Avrupa Sineması Özel Sayısı

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

We aim to have students distinguish change phases and periods of modern cinema history, and comment on them; and have them gain comparing and analysing skills.
Instructing the lesson, film analysis, discussions and seminars.

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


*** 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 distinguish change phases and periods of modern cinema history, and comment on them; and have them gain comparing and analysing skills.
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)

We aim to have students distinguish change phases and periods of modern cinema history, and comment on them; and have them gain comparing and analysing skills.
Instructing the lesson, film analysis, discussions and seminars.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 109

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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