COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RECORDING TECHNIQUES IN FIELDWORK

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBS 4008 RECORDING TECHNIQUES IN FIELDWORK ELECTIVE 1 2 0 3

Offered By

Music Sciences

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI CENK GEDIK

Offered to

Music Sciences
Musicology

Course Objective

This course aims to provide students the ability of selection and usage of visual recording devices for the convinient documentation of musical practices and interviews in the fieldwork.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define equipments of visual recording devices for the documentation of musical practices and interviews in the fieldwork
2   Behave ethically in the visual documentation of musical practices and interviews in the fieldwork
3   Select the thechical equipments convinient to the aims for the visual documentation of musical practices and interviews in the fieldwork,
4   Use still camera equipments for the documentation of musical practices and interviews in the fieldwork,
5   Visual documentation of musical practices and interviews in the fieldwork for the purpose of presentation with still camera,
6   Use video recording equipments for the documentation of musical practices and interviews in the fieldwork,
7   Visual documentation of musical practices and interviews in the fieldwork for the purpose of presentation presentation with video camera,

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Ethical behaviour in visual documentation
3 Light, image and types of camera
4 Exposure and control systems, lenses, films and filters
5 Digital photography
6 Camera applications
7 Fundamentals of video camera
8 Video camera applications
9 Review session
10 Review session
11 Review session
12 Review session
13 Review session
14 Review of the course

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book(s)/Required Readings:
Kılıç, Levent. 2002. Fotoğrafa Başlarken, Ankara: dost yay.
Candemir, Abdülkadir. 2008. Video Kamera :Sstüdyo Ortamları ve Dış Çekimler, Eskişehir : Anadolu Üniversitesi.

Additional Sources:
Özer,Yetkin. 2002. Müzik Etnografisi: Alan çalışmasında Yöntem ve Teknik, Izmir: Dokuz Eylül Yayınları.
Complementary Materials:
Audio and video samples

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Courses
The course are given as theoretical and applicational. Video recording equipments and their applications in the documentation of musical practices and interviews in the fieldwork are introduced in the theoretical courses. Applicational courses consist of application of these equipments by each student under the supervision of lecturer.
2. Assignments
Assignments are given individually and consist of application of visual documentation by students and discussion of the results in the classroom.
3. Review Sessions
Assignments are the basis for these sessions. The problems of visual documentation of students are considered in these sessions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.50 + ATT * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance to 70 % of lectures is compulsory.
2. Every kind of plagiarism is subject to official investigation
3. Deadline of assignments and presentations should be strictly followed.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Tel: 232 412 92 08
e-mail: ali.gedik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday: 13.30-16.00
Friday: 13.30-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 6 3 18
Tutorials 9 3 27
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparing assignments 4 4 16
Design Project 1 8 8
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 83

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.1151111
LO.2111
LO.31313111
LO.415535333
LO.513555533
LO.615535333
LO.713555533

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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