COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCRIPTWRITING FOR FEATURE FILM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMS 3252 SCRIPTWRITING FOR FEATURE FILM COMPULSORY 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Film Design and Screenwriting

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OZAN OTAN

Offered to

Film Design and Screenwriting
Film Design and Screenwriting

Course Objective

To enable the student to write a feature-length screenplay.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability of the writer to write the feature film scenario in classical structure
2   Win cinematographic storytelling skill
3   Application of the scenario's operating phases in the feature film screenplay
4   Character, character development, dialogue writing, cinematic ability to express elements in a scenario

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1- Meet. Giving information about the course.
2 2- General information about the feature film screenplay, recalling the stages of the scenario, lesson
3 3- The idea stage of the scenario that the writer will write, two weeks research for theme development Giving.
4 4- The ideas that the pupils identify are the cinema language, discussion of long metraja conformity.
5 5- Verbal explanation and dispute
6 6- If there is a synopsis phase, tutorial writing script.
7 7- Evaluation and discussion of movie stories.
8 8- Evaluation and discussion of movie stories.
9 9- Character traces supporting film stories, spatial analysis expediting the.
10 10- Character traces supporting film stories, spatial analysis expediting the.
11 11- Dialogue work. Dialogue by character writing, text development work in dialogue.
12 12- Dialogue work. Dialogue by character writing, text development work in dialogue.
13 13- For the elimination of missing trainees writing essay, discussion.
14 14- General evaluation of the projects,evaluation.

Recomended or Required Reading

Senaryo Yazımının Temelleri, Syd Field, Alfa Yayıncılık, 2013
Senaryo Okumak, Lucy Scher, Kalkedon, 2014
Senaryo Nasıl Yazılmaz, Denny Martin Flinn, Kalkedon, 2015
Bir Karakter Yaratmak, Konstantin Stanislavski, Agora Kitaplığı, 2012
Senaryo Yazarları Için Psikoloji, William Indick, Agora Kitaplığı, 2011
Öykü, Robert McKee, Plato Film Yayınları, 2011
Senaryoda Unutulmaz Karakterler Yaratmak, Linda Seger, Agora Kitaplığı, 2015
Ileri Senaryo Yazma Teknikleri, Linda Seger, Agora Kitaplığı, 2015
Senaryoda Alt-Metin Yazmak, Linda Seger, Agora Kitaplığı, 2016

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The idea of a cinema language developed by the teacher is based on the feature film scenario
spelling scripts to convert, format content analysis, to make discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.80 + ASG * 0.20


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The step-by-step development of the prod- uct's feature film project,
Expected to complete the script.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozan.otan@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 14 4 56
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Final 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 151

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
LO.1
LO.2
LO.3
LO.4

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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