COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLASSIC NARRATIVE CINEMA AND CULTURAL EFFECTS II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBS 2124 CLASSIC NARRATIVE CINEMA AND CULTURAL EFFECTS II ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Department of Film Design and Directing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DILEK TUNALI

Offered to

Course Objective

1. Student attended to this course will learn the importance of notion of classical narration in cinema, to dissociate this cinema according to national-cultural differences and evaluate all of this notions.
2. The course benefits from cultural-anthropological data related to origins of and structure of narration with the motivation of popular films fictionalised on cinematic "narration" and reached to mass public. In this way, students would comprehend the influence of cinema with scientific and comparative knowledge.
3. It would emphasise on samples of dramatic structure, tragedy, melodrama and comedy. Theoretical base which is needed in creative practical works of students from departments of film directing, image management and writing would be structured.
4. The course of Classical Narration Cinema and Cultural Effects I-II is completely and contextually different with respect to scientific method and study from other courses such as Introduction to Cinema, World Cinema History, Contemporary cinema History, Contemporary Cinema Aesthetics and Communication Theories.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learn the classical narration which forms the bases of cinema,
2   Establish the analytical relation of reaching to mass public of cinema by learning the origins of narration,
3   . Learn the structures related to origins of narration (tales, fables, legendaries, stories) ,
4   Theoretically learn dramatic structure, character types, parts of proposition, node, development-conflict and resolution in story and use these in practice consciously,
5   Have creativity and different point of views in creating event pattern, character and story construction, theoretical knowledge of classical narration cinema

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

RSS 2003 - Concepts and Terms of Art I

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Seminar, frame presentation. Classical narration through first cinema samples and a cultural evaluation
2 Seminar; cultural and original evaluation through a source book and a film sample
3 Seminar, frame presentation. Evaluation of a film sample through a deconstruction of melodramatic construction.
4 Seminar, frame presentation : Cultural and original evaluation through national cinema samples.
5 Seminar, frame presentation : Evaluation through cinematic waves.
6 Seminar, frame presentation : Evaluation through source book based and a film
7 Midterm
8 Seminar, frame presentation : Evaluation through source book based and a film
9 Seminar, frame presentation : Cultural and original evaluation of a film within the context of melodramatic adaptations.
10 Seminar, frame presentation : Evaluation through source book based and a film
11 Seminar, frame presentation : Cultural and original evaluation of a film sample through Yeşilçam Cinema
12 Evaluation of 2nd half year and general conclusion
13 discussions on classic cinema
14 Discussions on contemporary and modernist cinema

Recomended or Required Reading

Poetica-Aristo
Cllasical Narration Cinema-Ayşen Oluk
The Dialogical Imagination, Four Essays-Mikhail Bakhtin
Patterns of Culture-Ruth Benedict
Melodrama From West to East, Hollywood to Yeşilçam-Dilek Tunalı
Dramatic Art and Cinema-Yörükhan Ünal
Sense and Narration in Cinema-Oğuz Adanır

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Profit from others scientific disciplines, comparatively thinking, gaining the ability to analyse.
Verbal lecture, PowerPoint presentation, film analysis, discussion, homework and seminars.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.10 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.10 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.60


*** 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)

Asist. Prof. Dr. Dilek Tunalı (PHD)
dilek.tunali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 73

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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