COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADAPTATION PRACTICES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMS 3311 ADAPTATION PRACTICES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

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

Making adaptations to the screenplay by making use of not only literary genres but also photography, painting and music. While making these adaptations, adapting them to the language of cinema without disturbing the main idea and theme of the original work, instead of one-to-one adaptations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the techniques of adaptation from literary works to cinema.
2   Edebi eserlerin dışında fotoğraf, müzik ve resim gibi alanlardan sinema diline uyarlama yapması.
3   Developing methods in which creativity will be used instead of one-to-one adaptation.
4   To be able to understand the distinction between the language of cinema and the languages of other art disciplines.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Structure of literary work, novel and short story
2 the language of photography, painting, music
3 analyzes through examples
4 comparison of the language of cinema and the language of literature
5 analyzes on adapted films
6 analyzes on adapted films
7 story adaptation work
8 evaluation of homework
9 evaluation of homework

Recomended or Required Reading

Oyun ve Senaryo Yazma Tekniği-Turgut Özakman
Bir Senaryo Yazmak-Micheal Chion
Piyes Yazma Sanatı: Lagos Egri
Türk Edebiyatı ve Sinema: Cem Yılmaz Budan

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Using different disciplines to bring new scenarios to the cinema.
Comprehending the adaptation methods.
Comprehension of the distinction between the language of cinema, the language of literature and the languages of other art disciplines.
Making adaptations to encourage creativity instead of one-to-one adaptations.

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 * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Theoretical and applied studies. Completion of following all stages of an adaptation film script.

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 1030-11.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Quiz etc. 14 4 56
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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