COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO SCRIPTWRITING TECHNIQUES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Film Design and Screenwriting

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SABIRE SOYTOK

Offered to

Film Design and Screenwriting
Film Design and Screenwriting

Course Objective

It is aimed to develop students' writing skills within the framework of research and discussion on visual culture and scientific publication rules. The course has been established in a structure where the student is active to introduce critical approaches through various messages, visual materials, media tools and cinema.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the elements that make up the scenario.
2   Detailed analysis of the script text.
3   Approaching the text in the context of interdisciplinarity

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Defining the script language Evaluate student work
2 Discussion on how to generate original ideas Evaluate student work
3 script writing stages Evaluate student work
4 What is a synopsis, how to write it Evaluate student work
5 What is a Detailed Film Story, how to write it
6 What is treatment, how to write
7 What is a script and how is it written
8 Sample Writing Practices
9 Sample Writing Practices
10 Sample Writing Practices

Recomended or Required Reading


Senaryo Yazımı (William Miller)
Sinema ve tv için Senaryo Yazmak(Alan Armer)
Oyun Ve Senaryo Yazma Tekniği (Turgut Özakman)
Senaryo Yazımı (Paul Joseph Gulino)

Douglas KELLNER, Medya Gösterisi, Çev: Zeynep Paşalı, Açılım Kitap, Istanbul, 2010
-Korkmaz ALEMDAR, Medya Gücü ve Demokratik Kurumlar, AFA Yayınları, Istanbul, 1999.
- Pierre BOURDIEU, Televizyon Üzerine, Turhan Ilgaz (çev.), Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul, 1997.
- Rıdvan BÜLBÜL, Iletişim ve Etik, Nobel Yayınları, Konya, 2000.
- Ahmet CEVIZCI, Etiğe Giriş, Paradigma Yayınları, Istanbul, 2002.
- Bülent ÇAPLI, Medya ve Etik, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2002.
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- Ünsal OSKAY, Kitle Iletişiminin Kültürel Işlevi, Der Yayıncılık, Ankara, 1982.
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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, discussion. Homework presentation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 CLA INCLASS ACTIVITIES
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 ATT ATTENDANCE
4 COM COMMITTEE
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE CLA * 0.60 + ASG * 0.20 + ATT * 0.10 + COM * 0.10


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Attendance and participation in the course during the semester will be taken into account.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zuhal.cetin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for final exam 12 4 48
Project Assignment 1 4 4
Final 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 160

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
LO.1
LO.2
LO.3