GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

TURKISH CINEMA I/FOV 323

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Lect. Barış KONOR

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

bariskonor@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

The students will learn how to “read” Turkish films critically, to identify the codes or conventions that constitude significations in Turkish cinema

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Introduction to Turkish cinema
2. Week	Genres in Turkish cinema
3. Week	Tradition of melodramatic films in Turkish cinema
4. Week	Comedies in Turkish cinema
5. Week	Narrative structure of Turkish films
6. Week	Film analysis
7. Week	Melodramatic acting: Yıldız Kenter
8. Week	Midterm Exam
9. Week	Prostitutes in Turkish cinema Marks of arabesque in Turkish films
10. Week	Identity and clothes
11. Week	Immigration in Turkish cinema (national and transnational)
12. Week	New Turkish cinema and film analysis
13. Week	New Turkish cinema and film analysis
14. Week	New Turkish cinema and film analysis
15. Week	New Turkish cinema and film analysis
16. Week	Final Exam

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Büker,S. Karpuz Kabuğu Denize Düşünce. Kırmızıkedi, 2010. Büker, S: Sinema Yazıları: Onat Kutlar’a Armağan. (yay.haz.) Ankara: Doruk Yayınlar

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	14	1	14
Searching in Internet and Library	14	1	14
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation			0
Presentation			0
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	1	3	3
Final and Studying for Final	1	3	3
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			76
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			3.04
ECTS:			3

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	Able to think in a creative way		X
2	Having the theoretical knowledge about photography, video and cinema		X
3	Knowing the terminology of phototography, video and cinema	X
4	Able to use the devices and their components which are used to produce photography and video	X
5	Knowing about history of art, aesthetics, photography and cinema		X
6	Able to criticise and evaluate the visual works of others				X
7	Having enough knowledge about psychology and socioloy to support his/her basic communication skills					X
8	Able to work with digital video and photo processing software				X
9	Having theoretical knowledge about studio photography, advertisement photography, documentary photography and filming and ability to create his/her own work in these fields		X
10	Having a knowledge on studio, advertising, documentary film and photography and also able to implement them.	X

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