COURSE UNIT TITLE

: YESILCAM CINEMA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMS 2241 YESILCAM CINEMA COMPULSORY 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Film Design and Screenwriting

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HAKAN AŞKAN

Offered to

Film Design and Screenwriting
Film Design and Screenwriting

Course Objective

This course explores the period in Turkish cinema known as Yeşilçam, spanning from the 1950s to the 1990s, within its socio-political and cultural contexts. It examines the relationship between Turkey s modernization process and film production, with a particular focus on the cultural implications of Turkish modernity. The films discussed in the course will be analyzed in relation to the social conditions of their time, through themes such as identity, migration, class, urbanization, and gender. Within this framework, the course aims to critically investigate how the narrative forms and aesthetic choices of the Yeşilçam era were shaped by the economic, political, and cultural dynamics of the period.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Informing the student about the art and history of cinema Turkish cinema in particular from the context of art-society relationship.
2   To have knowledge about the history of the society in which they live
3   Comprehending the need to establish relations between the history of cinema and the history and culture of Türkiye
4   It is expected that she will have a broad idea about the history of Turkish cinema.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 early years of cinema period of Yeşilcam
2 the age of theater The Rising Genre of the Era Melodrama
3 Muhsin Ertuğrul period The Rising Genre of the Era Melodrama
4 Transition Period Cinema Audience Relationship
5 The Generation of Theater Players in the Transition Period
6 The Age of Filmmakers
7 Transition Generation in the Age of Filmmakers
8 The main features of the Age of Filmmakers
9 Directors of the Age of Filmmakers
10 Sample movie screening from the era of filmmakers

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Classes require arriving at home, in the library, etc., preparing and taking notes.
The student is expected to come to class with a certain level of equipment and knowledge.

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)

hakan.askan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Case study 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Project Final Presentation 14 2 28
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 132

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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