COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF TURKISH CINEMA IV

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTB 2128 HISTORY OF TURKISH CINEMA IV COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

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

Turkish Cinema History 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. understand the films of pioneer directors of New Age in Turkish cinema especially after 1994, such as Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Zeki Demirkubuz, Derviş Zaim, Reha Erdem etc.
2. analyse the directors films and their cinema language; know the novelties that existing cinema concepts have contributed to our cinema; and comment on these novelties,
3. explain the cinema concepts of Turkish cinema auteur directors: Metin Erksan and Ömer Kavur,
4. learn and know the novelties that these directors have contributed to our cinema.


Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   know and exemplify the films, indicate and criticize the cinema concepts of New Age pioneers of Turkish cinema: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Zeki Demirkubuz, Derviş Zaim, Reha Erdem etc.
2   explain the differences between the cinema language and styles of directors and compare them,
3   comment, analyse and compare the films of directors,
4   . explain, compare, comment and analyse the novelties the directors savvies have contributed to Turkish cinema,
5   identify the cinema savvies of Metin Erksan and Ömer Kavur, who have contributed to Turkish cinema a lot; compare and comment the films of New Age Turkish cinema directors;

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 Nuri Bilge ceylan cinema, sample film: Uzak
3 Comment on the features of Nuri Bilge Ceylan s cinema by the cinematography he has mounted
4 Explaining the Anti-hero concept in Turkish cinema by sample films
5 Explaining the Anti-hero concept in Turkish cinema by sample films
6 Zeki Demirkubuz cinema, sample film: Kader / Masumiyet
7 Evaluating the features of Zeki Demirkubuz s cinema by his `phraseology
8 Reha Erdem cinema, sample film: Hayat Var
9 Evaluating the features of Reha Erdem s cinema by `plan sequences
10 Midterm
11 Ömer Kavur cinema, sample film: Gece yolculuğu
12 Examining and commenting the features and novelty contributions of Ömer Kavur s cinema by his films
13 Examining and commenting the features and novelty contributions of Ömer Kavur s cinema by his films
14 Examining and commenting the features and novelty contributions of Ömer Kavur s cinema by his films

Recomended or Required Reading

Türk ve Dünya Sineması Üzerine Sentezler Serpil Kırel
Kültürel Çalışmalar ve Sinema Serpil Kırel
2000 Sonrası Türk Sinemasına Eleştirel Bakış : Özgür Yılmazkol
Sinema Toplumbilimi Faruk Kalkan
On yönetmen ve Türk Sineması Ertekin Akpınar
Çağını Sorgulayan Sinema Ali Gevgilli
Türk Sineması Üzerine Yazılar Nilgün Abisel
Türk Sinemasına Yeni Bir Bakış: Yönetmen Sineması Nigar Pösteki
Yeşilçam Öykü sineması Serpil Kıral
Taşraya Bakmak Tanıl Bora

Yeni Film Dergisi
Sine Cine Dergisi
Yeni Insan Yeni Sinema Dergisi







Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

We aim to have the students gain skills to distinguish, comment, compare and analyse the cinema savvies of important directors who are pioneers of the changes in Turkish cinema.
Instructing the lesson, film analysis, discussions and seminars.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + ATT * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ATT * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

We aim to have the students gain skills to distinguish, comment, compare and analyse the cinema savvies of important directors who are pioneers of the changes in Turkish cinema.
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 the students gain skills to distinguish, comment, compare and analyse the cinema savvies of important directors who are pioneers of the changes in Turkish cinema.
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 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 52

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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