COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO FILM ANALYSIS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMY 3412 INTRODUCTION TO FILM ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Film Design and Directing

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMRAH SUAT ONAT

Offered to

Carpet - Rugs and Old Fabric Patterns
Sound Editing and Cinematography
Play Writing - Dramaturgy
Performance Arts
Accessory Design
Carpet, Rug and Traditional Fabric Designs
Stage Design
Animation Film Design and Directing
Ceramic and Glass Design
Music Sciences
Film Design and Directing
Musicology
Art of Illumination
Film Design and Directing
Illustration and Printmaking
Sculpture
Photography
Fashion Apparel Design
Tile Design and Restoration
Art of Calligraphy
Painting
Cartoon Film and Animation
Textile Design
Ancient Turkish Calligraphy
Film Design and Screenwriting
Restorations of Ancient Tile
Graphic Design
Film Design and Screenwriting
Ceramic and Glass
Dramatic Writing and Dramaturgy
Music Technology
Graphic Arts

Course Objective

Film analysis is a process of autopsy. While, in Medical education, autopsy concerns with the human organs and their processes and interconnections , film analysis (in film education) takes films as structures and studies their functions, their interconnections and the meanings which are embedded in them. Via Film Analysis Course, students may be able to see the elements that form the film (as a structure) and the accurate/inaccurate relations between these elements, and will have the skill and the ability of using these elements appropriately, deliberately and accurately.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To gain the skill for determine the socio-cultural, politic and ideological relations with the era which is the film produced
2   2. To gain the skill for determine the socio-cultural, politic and ideological relations with the era which the film s story takes place,
3   3. To comprehend the active function of the script writer s, director s, cinematographer s and animator s in the creation of the filmic meaning,
4   4. To gain a quick and certain reflex for determining the evidences of discourse between the original source and the adapted work, in the film adaptations.
5   5. To gain an ability on film criticizing (on theortical basis) and to create films (or scripts) with criticizing view,
6   6. To gain the abilty of creating meaningful and consistent structures (films).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, explaining the way the course works, determining the general course framework. Characteristics of the resources to be used. The definition of film analysis, the way it works, its difficulties and necessities and its benefits. Discussion of how to analyze film on historical, sociocultural, political and ideological basis.
2 Film analysis based on economic theory Wizard of Oz
3 Film analysis in the context of gender theory - Gravity
4 Film analysis in the context of gender theory - Gravity
5 Film analysis in the context of political manipulation - Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
6 Film analysis in the context of political manipulation - Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
7 Film analysis in the context of gender and representation - The Contact
8 Film analysis in the context of gender and representation - The Contact
9 mid term exam
10 film analysis in the context of ideological and ethnic criticism - The Shining
11 film analysis in the context of ideological and ethnic criticism - The Shining
12 film analysis in the context of ideological and ethnic criticism - The Shining
13 Evaluation of the course, discussion of the students' achievements and a complete review for the final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

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


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)

Assist. Prof. Emrah Suat Onat (Ph.D)
emrahsuatonat@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 20 20
Midterm 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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