COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FILMIN AND STYLE I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTA 5101 FILMIN AND STYLE I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Film Design

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ZEHRA CERRAHOĞLU

Offered to

Film Design

Course Objective

This course aims to research style in cinema as an aesthetic category.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the various approaches to style
2   Searching for components of the style in arts
3   Considering the major theoretical works on style
4   Learning impacts of different fields on style
5   Researching the place of style in filmic narrative

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1-General information on the course
2 2-Style as an aesthetic category
3 3-3-Walter Benjamin- "Tekniğin Olanaklarıyla Yeniden Üretilebildiği Çağda Sanat Yapıtı"
4 4- Realistic Approaches to style: André Bazin, André Bazin, "Fotografik Görüntü Ontolojisi"
5 5-André Bazin (contd.) "Tüm Sinema Miti", "Sinema Dilinin Evrimi"
6 6-Semiology and Christian Metz, "Sinematografik Dil Kavramı Üzerine"
7 7-Formalist approaches: Russian Formalism, Peter Wollen, "Eisenstein ın Estetiği" (s 19-67) in Sinemada Göstergeler ve Anlam
8 8-(contd.)
9 9-Auteur theory and style
10 10-(contd.)
11 11-Style history and the poetics of cinema: on David Bordwell
12 12- Art film narration - David Bordwell- "Sanat Sineması Anlatımı"
13 13-(contd.)
14 14- General discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Andre Bazin- Sinema Nedir I-II
Mihail Bahtin- Sanat ve Sorumluluk
David Bordwell- Film Sanatı, On the History of Film Style
Nejat Bozkurt- Sanat ve Estetik Kuramları
Andras Balint Kovacs- Modernizmi Seyretmek, Avrupa Sanat Sineması, 1950-1980
Christian Metz- Sinemada Anlam Üstüne Denemeler

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Students are expected to make literature search, collect data, analyse and combine them in their research papers.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)
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

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zehra.cerrahoglu@deu.edu.tr 05325060405

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 134

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