Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
CINEMATOGRAPHY URTS102 2. 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.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction to Cinematography:Im Juli / Temmuzda (Fatih Akın, 2000) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Framing, Mise en scene, Take, Scene and Sequence: The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Classical narrative in cinema:Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Forms and lenses in cinema: Düello / Duel (Steven Spielberg, 1971) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Deep focus:Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Lightining in cinema: Visions of Light (Glassman, 1992) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Midterm Exam Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Editing 1- Potemkin Zırhlısı (Sergey Eisenstein, 1925) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Editing 2- Kameralı Adam (Vertov, 1929) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Color and Sound in cinema: 3 Color Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Sound: The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) or Color: Do the Right Thing (S. Lee, 1989) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Actors and actresses Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Conclusion and General Discussing on a film: Hidden / Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
14. Week Film Analysis: Example Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Large Group Discussion
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
15. Week Final Exam

16. Week Final Exam Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)

Sources Used in This Course
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.

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