COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY CINEMA INTERPRETATIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMS 4362 CONTEMPORARY CINEMA INTERPRETATIONS ELECTIVE 1 1 0 5

Offered By

Film Design and Screenwriting

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SABIRE SOYTOK

Offered to

Sound Editing and Cinematography
Animation Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Cartoon Film and Animation
Film Design and Screenwriting
Film Design and Screenwriting

Course Objective

Contemporary Cinema's mission and problems, identity, other, modern, postmodern etc. to the student. The aim is to explain, try to comprehend, and make comparative analyzes by watching sample films from directors and cinemas of modernist cinema, and to understand and comprehend the languages and styles of cinema.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Contemporary Cinema's mission and problems, identity, other, modern, postmodern etc. to the student. The aim is to explain, try to comprehend, and make comparative analyzes by watching sample films from directors and cinemas of modernist cinema, and to understand and comprehend the languages and styles of cinema
2   2 The student learns about the different aesthetics of films that discuss contemporary issues,
3   3 The student's ability to question himself about how and where he should stand as a cinema school graduate, what his mission might be, to gain a certain perspective
4   The cinema styles of the important directors of modern cinema and the subjects and concepts they use in their films will be analyzed through their sample films.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1 A general comment on Contemporary Cinema Top fiction concept
2 2 Cinema and Existentialism -Movies to be watched within the scope of the course Yedinci Seal,I. BERGMAN, Hiroshima Darling A.RESNAIS, Night, M.ANTONIONI(3 lessons) Truman show
3 3 Cinema and Existentialism -Movies to be watched within the scope of the course Yedinci Seal,I. BERGMAN, Hiroshima Darling A.RESNAIS, Night, M.ANTONIONI(3 lessons) Among the olive trees
4 4Cinema and Existentialism -Movies to be watched within the scope of the course Yedinci Seal,I. BERGMAN, Hiroshima Darling A.RESNAIS, Night, M.ANTONIONI(3 lessons)
5 5 Minimalist Cinema- Movies to be watched within the scope of the course -Mirror-White Balloon,J.PANAHI(3 lessons)
6 6 Minimalist Cinema- Movies to be watched within the scope of the course -Mirror-White Balloon,J.PANAHI(3 lessons)
7 7 Consumption Ideology and Cinema- Films to be watched in the course The Seventh Continent, M.HANEKE-Fight Club, D.FINCHER
8 8 Consumption Ideology and Cinema- Films to be watched in the course The Seventh Continent, M.HANEKE-Fight Club, D.FINCHER
9 9Midterm exam
10 10 humanism - Abbas Kiarostami - And life goes on, like Asli,
11 13Among the olive trees
12 11 Truman show
13 12 Top fiction concept

Recomended or Required Reading

Sinema ve Varoluşçuluk,Hakan Savaş,Altıkırkbeş yayınları
Tüketim Toplumu, Nevrotik Kültür ve Döğüş Klubü,Hakan Övünç ONGUR,Ayrıntı yayınları
Amerikan sinemasında Savaş ve Vietnam Filmleri,Ertan YILMAZ,Antrak sinema kitapları
1968 ve Sinema,Ertan YILMAZ, Kitle yayınları
Minimalizm ve Sinema,Pelin ÖZDOĞRU,Es yayınları
Las Von Trier, Jack STEVENSON,Agora Kitaplığı
Sinema ve Modernlik,John ORR, çev. Ayşegül Bahçevan,Bilim ve sanat yayınları,ARK
Altı Varoluşçu Düşünür,H.J.BLACKHAM,Dost Kitapevi
Varoluşçuluk,J.Poul SARTRE,çev.Asım Bezirci,Say yayınları
sinemasal ortak kitap
modernizmi seyretmek
Değişen bakış,film biçim ve kültür

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, scientific discussion, film analysis

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

Points will be taken for attendance at the lesson.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is mandatory and points will be taken from attendance.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sabire.batur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Group session 14 2 28
Preparing presentations 13 2 26
Preparation for tutorial exam 14 2 28
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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