Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
CINEMATOGRAPHY	URTS1101	1. Semester	2 + 0	2.0	6.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Semire Ruken ÖZTÜRK
Assistants
Goals	Course of Cinematography is designed to provide theoretical training on film analysis.
Course Content	In this course you will learn the role of lightning, camera movement, editing, framing, and etc. in the films and their meanings.
Learning Outcomes	1) Defining cinematographic concepts such as shot, scene and sequence. 2) Discussing how the formal elements of the movies make contribution to create meanings. 3) Defining the scales of shot and camera movements. 4) Learning the meaning of different lens selections. 5) Evaluating the differences between classical and contemporary editing. 6) Learning how the elements like colour, sound and lighting create cinematographic meanings. 7) Distinguishing the differences between theatre and motion picture acting. 8) Comparing the realistic and formalist theories. 9) Distinguishing the realistic and formalistic aspects of movies. 10) Using these information when making movies.

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	Introduction to Cinematography:Im Juli / Temmuzda (Fatih Akın, 2000)
2. Week	Framing, Mise en scene, Take, Scene and Sequence: The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963)
3. Week	Classical narrative in cinema:Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
4. Week	Forms and lenses in cinema: Düello / Duel (Steven Spielberg, 1971)
5. Week	Deep focus:Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
6. Week	Lightining in cinema: Visions of Light (Glassman, 1992)
8. Week	Editing 2- Kameralı Adam (Vertov, 1929)
9. Week	Color and Sound in cinema: 3 Color Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993)
10. Week	Sound: The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) or Color: Do the Right Thing (S. Lee, 1989)
11. Week	Actors and actresses Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
12. Week	Conclusion and General Discussing on a film: Hidden / Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
13. Week	Film Analysis: Example
14. Week	Final Exam
16. Week	Final Exam

Recommended Sources

“Tanım ve Kavram Anahtarı: Sinematografinin Temel Öğeleri”, ders notları.

Abisel, Nilgün (2006). Sessiz Sinema. Ankara: De Ki

Abisel, Nilgün, “Sinematografinin Temel Öğeleri”

Akbulut, Hasan (2004). “Bir Varoluş Sorunsalı: Persona”, Kültür ve İletişim, 7 (1): 71-100.

Bordwell, David & Kristin Thompson (2009). Film Sanatı. Çev: E. Yılmaz, E.S.Onat, Ankara: De Ki

Büker, Seçil (1997). Ölümler Julie’yi Özgürleştiriyor: Mavi”, Sinema Yazıları (der: S.Büker), s.199-203. Ankara: Doruk.

Eco, Umberto (1994). “Casablanca: Kült Filmler ve Metinlerarası Kolaj”, Kazablanka, Howard Koch, çev: A.Çalışlar, s.5-16.

Kehr, Dave (1995). “Dünyayı Kurtarmak: Kieslowski’nin Üç Renk Üçlemesi”, 25. Kare, sayı:12, s. 10-15.

Özön, Nijat (1965). “Orson Welles ve Yurttaş Kane”, Yurttaş Kane, Ankara: Bilgi, s.5-26.

Öztürk, S. Ruken, “Oyunculuk”, ders notları.

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

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Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	16	4	64
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	16	1	16
Midterm Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	1	18	18
Final Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Final Exam	1	20	20
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30