COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED FILM ANALYSIS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMS 3262 ADVANCED FILM ANALYSIS COMPULSORY 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Film Design and Screenwriting

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DILEK TUNALI

Offered to

Film Design and Screenwriting
Film Design and Screenwriting

Course Objective

Analysis of different film genres with respect to aesthetics, structure, form and context. It is aimed to conceptualise the film language with textual analysis related to practically chosen films from different concepts ; and to internalise the subject concerned with the help of various theoretical readings, analysis and seminar works through films.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Conceptualise the film language,
2   Conceptualise the search of meaning through filmic image,
3   Conceptualise the relationship of semiotics, structuralism, psychoanalyses, sociology and cultural anthropology with cinema,
4   Research the relationship between intertextuality and cinema,
5   Make a remark on a film analysis text.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Relationship of film theories and reviews
2 Relationship of film theories and reviews
3 Relationship of film theories and reviews
4 Relationship of film theories and reviews
5 A review of a film sample
6 A review of a film sample
7 Semiotic and film analsysis
8 Intertextuality and film analysis

Recomended or Required Reading

1-Açık Yapıt- Umberto Eco
2-Yazı ve Yorum- Roland Barthes
3-Bir Film Nasıl Okunur- Robert Phillip Kolker
4-Edebiyat Kuramı- Terry Eagleton
5-Metinlerarası Ilişkiler- Kubilay Aktulun
6-Sinemada Anlam Yaratma Üzerine Denemeler- Christian Metz
7-Göstergebilimsel Serüven- Roland Barthes
8-Sinema Estetiği ve Psikolojisi- Jean Mitry
9-Freud da Lacan a Psikanaliz- Saffet Murat Tura
10-Sinema ve Psikanaliz- Burak Bakır
11-Rüya Yorumları- Sigmund Freud

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods


Oral presentation, Powerpoint presentation, text reviews, comparative review over sample films, homework.

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 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be able to interpret a movie and support it with references.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Dilek Tunalı, dilek.tunali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 12.00-13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 20 2
Practice (Reflection) 20 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 20 1
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6
Preparation for final exam 1 20
Preparing assignments 1 6
Midterm 1 3
Final 1 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 0

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
LO.1
LO.2
LO.3
LO.4
LO.5

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