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| PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 | ||
| Course Code: | ILB6003 | ||||
| Course Name: | Early Cinema and Modernity | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | Turkish | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Prof. Dr. YALÇIN KIRDAR | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Prof. Dr. Nezih Erdoğan | ||||
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| Course Objectives: | To introduce students to the basic concepts and issues related to the early period of cinema and to direct them to research in this field. |
| Course Content: | This course aims to introduce students to the basic terms and concepts of early cinema. Early cinema will be examined in the context of audience, technology and culture shaped by modernity. Research and historiography on early cinema will be critically examined. Within the scope of the course, early films and various related video materials will be watched, and the possibilities of using early films in contemporary visual arts will be discussed. Students will be required to conduct archival research within the framework of the course, design a research project that reconciles this research with their theoretical reading, and prepare a term paper based on it. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) They will have developed a historical perspective on cinema. 2) They will recognize the technological and cultural aspects of early cinema and viewing practices, and contextualize cinema within the framework of modernity. 3) They will have the opportunity to grasp the differences between silent and sound cinema outside of an evolutionary progression line. 4) They will have the opportunity to prepare their minds for the continuity and disconnections between the "old" and "new" media before the cinema, for potential developments. 5) They will gain experience in doing archival research. 6) They will be able to evaluate the early film materials within contemporary art practices. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | How early? Conceptual discussion of early cinema; Introduction of basic terms and concepts. | |
| 2) | Cinema audience before the cinema | T. Gunning ve Andre Goudreault, “Early Cinema as a Challenge to Film History “; Tom Gunning “An Aesthetic of Astonishment” |
| 3) | Observer/Audience: Early cinema and spectacle | Vanessa Schwartz: “Cinematic Spectatorship before the Apparatus: The Public Taste for Reality in Fin-de-Siecle Paris” |
| 4) | Attraction Cinema | T. Gunning, “The Cinema of Attraction[s]: Early Film, Its Spectator and the Avant-Garde” |
| 5) | Cultural reception of early cinema: the case of Russia | Yuri Tsivian: Early Cinema in Russia |
| 6) | War and Cinema | Virilio: War and Cinema (entrance chapter) |
| 7) | Propaganda | Özde Çeliktemel, “Osmanlı İmparatorluğunda Sinema ve Propaganda (1908- 1922)” |
| 8) | The Origins of Cinema | Tom Gunning, “Loie Fuller and the Art of Motion: Body, Light, Electricity, and the Origins of Cinema” R. Allen (ed.) Camera Obscura, Camera Lucida |
| 9) | Historiographic problems; Historiography in “Turkish” cinema | Tom Gunning, Edhem Eldem, Burçak Evren, Ali Özuyar, Dilek Kaya |
| 10) | Early period cinema in Turkey | Nezih Erdoğan, Özde Çeliktemel, Mustafa Özen, Canan Balan, Ali Özuyar |
| 11) | Cinema and viewing studies in Istanbul | Mustafa Gökmen, Nezih Erdoğan, Giovanni Scognamillo |
| 12) | Cinema culture, the program and the formation of early cinema culture in Turkey | Richard Maltby, Nezih Erdoğan 5. okuma raporu teslim |
| 13) | Discussion of term paper proposals | |
| 14) | General evaluation |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Gunning ve Andre Goudreault, “Early Cinema as a Challenge to Film History “; Tom Gunning “An Aesthetic of Astonishment” Vanessa Schwartz: “Cinematic Spectatorship before the Apparatus: The Public Taste for Reality in Fin-de-Siecle Paris” T. Gunning, “The Cinema of Attraction[s]: Early Film, Its Spectator and the Avant-Garde” Yuri Tsivian: Early Cinema in Russia Virilio: War and Cinema Özde Çeliktemel, “Osmanlı İmparatorluğunda Sinema ve Propaganda (1908- 1922)” Tom Gunning, “Loie Fuller and the Art of Motion: Body, Light, Electricity, and the Origins of Cinema” R. Allen (ed.) Camera Obscura, Camera Lucida |
| References: | Gunning ve Andre Goudreault, “Early Cinema as a Challenge to Film History “; Tom Gunning “An Aesthetic of Astonishment” Vanessa Schwartz: “Cinematic Spectatorship before the Apparatus: The Public Taste for Reality in Fin-de-Siecle Paris” T. Gunning, “The Cinema of Attraction[s]: Early Film, Its Spectator and the Avant-Garde” Yuri Tsivian: Early Cinema in Russia Virilio: War and Cinema Özde Çeliktemel, “Osmanlı İmparatorluğunda Sinema ve Propaganda (1908- 1922)” Tom Gunning, “Loie Fuller and the Art of Motion: Body, Light, Electricity, and the Origins of Cinema” R. Allen (ed.) Camera Obscura, Camera Lucida |
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| 1) The student who has completed the Ph.D. Program has a good command of current and advanced approaches and concepts related to communication sciences. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2) Comprehends the interaction between communication sciences and other humanities, monitors and evaluates discussions. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 3) Uses current and advanced knowledge in the field of communication sciences. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 4) Expands the boundaries of knowledge by making original studies in the field of communication sciences or by bringing new interpretations to existing studies. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 5) Uses the information and communication technologies required by the field at an advanced level. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 6) Researches, comprehends, designs, adapts and applies an original subject. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | The student who has completed the Ph.D. Program has a good command of current and advanced approaches and concepts related to communication sciences. | 1 |
| 2) | Comprehends the interaction between communication sciences and other humanities, monitors and evaluates discussions. | 2 |
| 3) | Uses current and advanced knowledge in the field of communication sciences. | 2 |
| 4) | Expands the boundaries of knowledge by making original studies in the field of communication sciences or by bringing new interpretations to existing studies. | 2 |
| 5) | Uses the information and communication technologies required by the field at an advanced level. | 3 |
| 6) | Researches, comprehends, designs, adapts and applies an original subject. | 3 |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 60 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
| total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Preparation for the Activity | Spent for the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | Workload | ||
| Course Hours | 12 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 8 | 3 | 24 | ||||
| Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Project | 2 | 20 | 40 | ||||
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| Quizzes | 2 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| Midterms | 1 | 30 | 30 | ||||
| Final | 1 | 40 | 40 | ||||
| Total Workload | 196 | ||||||