Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
SCREEN WRITING RTS343 5. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
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Goals The purpose in this course is to give a basic information about film script and help them scripting a subject and a story. The course is based on teaching the phases of scriptwriting through practical applications.
Course Content This course will mostly based on lectures upon topics. Watching films is obligatory due to the discussion afterwards. It is compulsory to share the film projection which is two hour a week. Studens will write a script draft by advice their adviser during the consulting hour.
Learning Outcomes 1) The student knows the stages and basic rules of script writing.
2) The course clarifies writing a scenario based on an idea and a story.
3) The student knows the codes and conventions of traditional narrative and writes a text accordingly..
4) The student knows how new narrative forms can be used in cinema; designs creative and original texts.
5) The student examines and discusses examples of how the script was transferred to film.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction Film: Adaptation (Spike Jonze, 2002) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
2. Week What is Screenplay, Structure of Screenplay Film: House Of Games (David MAMET, 1986) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
3. Week Structure of Screenplay: Traditional Structure (Three Act: Beginning, Middle, and End) Film: High Noon (Fred ZINNEMANN, 1952 Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Structure of Screenplay: Open Structure. Film: Le Mepris (Jean Luc GODARD, 1963) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
5. Week Stage of Screenwriting (Synopsis, Treatment, shooting script). Film: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... And Spring (Kim Ki-duk, 2003) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Formal Characteristics of Screenplay - Examples of Screenplay Writing Styles Film: The French Lieutenant’s Woman (Karel REISZ, 1981) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Midterm Exams Question Answer

 Homework
8. Week Character and Character Development. Film: La Haine (Mathieu KASSOVITZ, 1995) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Point of View (Omniscient POV, First Person POV, Third Person POV, Cinematic POV etc.) Film: Rashomon (Akira KUROSOWA, 1950) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Basic Characteristics of Scene and Sequence I. Film: Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Basic Characteristics of Scene and Sequence II. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Narration Techniques & Usage of Time at Screenplay (objective time, subjective time, time holes etc.) Film: Before The Rain (Milcho MANCHEVSKI, 1994) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Usage of Dialogue, Voice and Music at Screenplay. Film: Mavi / Trois couleurs: Bleu (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993). Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week General Revision Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
15. Week final exam Question Answer

 Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Aristoteles (2014). Poetika. (İ. Tunalı, Çev.). İstanbul: Remzi.
Field, S. (2013). Senaryo: Senaryo Yazımının Temelleri. (Ş. Erol, Çev.). İstanbul: Alfa
Gulino, J. P. (2018). Senaryo Yazımı: Sekans Yöntemi. (P. Dinçkurt, Çev.). İstanbul: Kalkedon.
Karadoğan, Ali (2016). Senaryo ve Anlatı: Senaryo İçin Anahtar Kavramlar. Ankara: De Ki.
McKee, Robert (2007). Story: Senaryo Yazımının Özü, Yapısı, Tarzı ve İlkeleri. İstanbul: Plato Film Yayınları.
Miller, William (2009). Senaryo Yazımı: Sinema ve Televziyon İçin. İstanbul: Hayalbaz Kitap.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 1
Homework 1 4
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 13
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 14
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 14
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload