COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CINEMA AND URBAN IDENTITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STA 5074 CINEMA AND URBAN IDENTITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Art and Design

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HILAL SÜREYYA YILMAZ

Offered to

Art and Design

Course Objective

The course aims to analyze films in which cities such as New York, Paris, Rome, or Istanbul become one of the main characters and examine their ability to define the film s texture. In addition it focuses on the impact of cinema on these cities and the impressions it creates on the audience.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to inform about the effect of the setting in film.
2   To be able to contribute to the awareness of the connection between the city and the cinematic texture.
3   To be able to explore cities such as New York, Paris or Istanbul through the eyes of directors.
4   To be able to explore the reflections of geography and human interaction in film.
5   5 To be able to analyze the city as a character in film.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Urban Identity and Individual
2 Reading a Film through the City
3 Reading a City through the Film
4 Film directors and Significant Cities
5 Fictional Cities in Film
6 Cinematic Urban Identity and Izmir

Recomended or Required Reading

Books

*Cinema and the City: Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context (Mark Shiel/Tony Fitzmaurice)
*Cities and Cinema (Barbara Mennel)
*Global Cinematic Cities New Landscapes of Film and Media (Johan Andersson, Lawrence Webb)
*Cities In Transition: The Moving Image and the Modern Metropolis (Andrew Webber)

Films
*To be announced

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
2 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) FCG * 1


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Attending seminars, completing projects and assignments as well as participating in class.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is compulsory. Projects and assignments need to be completed.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

532 710 0480

Office Hours

Mondays 9:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 111

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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