COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FILM ANALYSIS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBS 3320 FILM ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Film Design and Directing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMRAH SUAT ONAT

Offered to

Course Objective

Film analysis is a process of autopsy. While, in Medical education, autopsy concerns with the human organs and their processes and interconnections , film analysis (in film education) takes films as structures and studies their functions, their interconnections and the meanings which are embedded in them. Via Film Analysis Course, students may be able to see the elements that form the film (as a structure) and the accurate/inaccurate relations between these elements, and will have the skill and the ability of using these elements appropriately, deliberately and accurately.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To gain the skill for determine the socio-cultural, politic and ideological relations with the era which is the film produced
2   2. To gain the skill for determine the socio-cultural, politic and ideological relations with the era which the film s story takes place,
3   3. To comprehend the active function of the script writer s, director s, cinematographer s and animator s in the creation of the filmic meaning,
4   4. To gain a quick and certain reflex for determining the evidences of discourse between the original source and the adapted work, in the film adaptations.
5   5. To gain an ability on film criticizing (on theortical basis) and to create films (or scripts) with criticizing view,
6   6. To gain the abilty of creating meaningful and consistent structures (films).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Introducing the course. The treatment and the framework of the course will be explained. Discussions on the sources (books, articles, films, etc.) fort he course. The defination, functioning and the necessities for film analysis. The discussion on how to make film analyses on historical, socio-cultural, politic and ideological basis.
2 2. Analyzing Wizard of Oz on Economics theory grounds.
3 3. Analyzing Mildred Pierce on Gender theory grounds.
4 4. Analyzing Gravity on Gender theory grounds.
5 5. Analyzing Der Baader Meinhof Komplex on Political manipulations grounds.
6 Analyzing Nefes on National criticism grounds. Determining the presentation subjects and designating presentation date.
7 7. Analyzing The Shining on Ethnic criticism grounds
8 Analyzing The Shining on Ethnic criticism grounds
9 9. Presentation 1
10 10. Presentation2
11 11. Presentation3
12 12. Presentation 4
13 13. Presentation 5 Choosing a film for analysing, with the participation of students (for the last week)
14 14. Analyzing the chosen film, with the active participation of students.

Recomended or Required Reading

An introduction to Film Analysis, Michael Ryan
Introduction to Criticism, Michael Ryan
Film Art, David Bordwell
How to Read a Film, James Monacı
Film, Form and Culture, Robert Kolker
Camera Politica, Douglass Kellner

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The films will be watched with the students and will be studied while the film is being watched. The students must watch the designated film beforehand and must have notes on that certain film. It is expected from the student to have basic knowledge on the era the film is produced and the story takes place.

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1- Film screenings will be held during the courses.
2- No student will be allowed to get into the classroom when the screening starts.
3- The authencity of the homeworks and presentations will be checked.
4- The title and the subject of the homework/presentation can be changed in 1 week.
5- The presentations that are not held at previsously designated date will not be evaluated.

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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final Assignment 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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