COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THEORIES OF CINEMA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTA 5137 THEORIES OF CINEMA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Film Design

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SAVAŞ ARSLAN

Offered to

Film Design

Course Objective

n this course, there will be an overview of the main intellectual approaches in cinema studies, as well as the current and historical states of these approaches. The course will feature discussions on what cinema is, is cinema an art; what is the language of cinema; how the desires of the audience differ; what is realism; and how we can handle cinema in socioeconomic and cultural terms.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, student will be expected to have a knowledge of the following: 1. What the main film theories are, 2. What kind of theoretical approaches one can develop on cinema, 3. In what ways one can use such theories in film analyses, 4. The connections between film history and theoretical approaches, and 5. What kind of socioeconomic and cultural influences cinema has.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Theoretical Introduction and Syllabus
2 Auteur in cinema
3 What is film language
4 Image and Technology
5 Text and Intertext
6 The Question of Realism
7 Alternative Aesthetics
8 The Historical Spectator
9 Apparatus Theory
10 The Nature of the Gaze
11 Stars and Performance
12 Stars and Performance
13 Postmodern Politics

Recomended or Required Reading

Stam, Robert. 2014. Sinema Teorisine Giriş. Istanbul: Ayrıntı.
Andrew, Dudley. 2010. Büyük Sinema Kuramları. Ankara: Doruk.
Additional Sources:
Stam, Robert ve Toby Miller. 2000. Film and Theory: An Anthology. New York: Blackwell.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The courses will be held through
1. the students preparation for the course by reading the assigned texts and discussing them with their classmates before the class,
2. the students active participation in class by asking questions and through discussions, and
3. in addition to doing the necessary readings in relation to film theory, by supplementing their written contribution to class through homeworks and exams.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 RST RESIT ASG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

TBA

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

TBA

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

savas.arslan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

TBA

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for quiz etc. 13 8 104
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 169

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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