| Radio, Television and Cinema (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | RTC201 | ||||
| Course Name: | Screenwriting | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Compulsory Courses | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Prof. Dr. NEZİH ERDOĞAN | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Nezih Erdoğan | ||||
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| Course Objectives: | To enable the students to situate screenwriting in the process of film-making; analyse a film in terms of its narrative communication; write a story in standard screenplay format; prepare for pitching their work. |
| Course Content: | Following Syd Field’s approach to screenwriting and screenplay analysis this course will offer insight into topics such as problem, dramatic need, conflict, motivation, stake, etc. It will then introduce the most frequently used plots. Employing a comparative approach to feature films and short films, their formal and conceptual differences will be examined The students will study selected screenplays and discuss films in terms of their narrative communication.They will produce adaptations from news or literary works and at the end of the semester submit screenplays as term project. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Upon successful completion of this course, the students will have a command of cinematic narrative communication; 2) They will be able to format a standard screenplay. 3) They will be able to compose a scene. 4) They will be able to structure the three acts in screenplay. 5) They will have a good command of three act structure. 6) They will be able to research for the specific world and atmosphere of diegesis. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction: Basic terms and concepts. Explanation of course syllabus; Formatting the screenplay | |
| 2) | Setting up the screenplay | |
| 3) | Developing the character: dramatic need, motivation, conflict, action. In-class exercise: describe a favourite film character (physical make-up, background, likability, flaws, etc.) Screening: The Art of Character – American Beauty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg0kn1rEHTA Assignment 1 due (screenplay study) | |
| 4) | The three act-structure | |
| 5) | 20 Master plots I | |
| 6) | 20 Masterplots II (the next 10 plots) Assignment 2: news adaptation | |
| 7) | Film analysis: Breaking down The Hustler | |
| 8) | Film analysis: Breaking down Casablanca | |
| 9) | Film analysis: Breaking down Thelma and Louise | |
| 10) | Scene dynamism : Interruption | |
| 11) | Introduction to short film I Screenings: short films by Roman Polanski | |
| 12) | Introduction to short film II Screenings: misc. Short films Night Shift Mercedes Benz commercial film | |
| 13) | Pitching | |
| 14) | Submission of treatments Individual cases | |
| 15) | Submission of term project |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Syd Field, Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwiritng Delta Publishng Oliver Tobias, 20 Masterplots |
| References: | Syd Field, Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwiritng Delta Publishng Oliver Tobias, 20 Masterplots |
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| Program Outcomes | ||||||||||||||
| 1) By providing both theoretical and practical education, it prepares students for academic and business life. | ||||||||||||||
| 2) It provides a critical perspective on mass media. | ||||||||||||||
| 3) With the English curriculum, it allows students to follow the international market and academic studies from original sources. | ||||||||||||||
| 4) Students will be an expert in front of the camera, behind-the-scenes, news center, light, sound, editing, directing, cinematography, screenwriting. | ||||||||||||||
| 5) Thanks to the media professionals, the students will be ready for the sector. | ||||||||||||||
| 6) Acquires production skills such as short and medium films, screenplays, documentaries and TV programs. | ||||||||||||||
| 7) Have the basic knowledge and experience of image technologies. | ||||||||||||||
| 8) Thanks to sectoral cooperation, professional business life will be started. | ||||||||||||||
| 9) Through an applied curriculum, students gain an interdisciplinary perspective on different media studies. | ||||||||||||||
| 10) With the technical training to be taken in studio environment, students gain experience in the sector. | ||||||||||||||
| 11) They will have skills such as negotiating with the group, taking initiative. | ||||||||||||||
| 12) Acquire basic values related to media and business ethics. | ||||||||||||||
| 13) Follow the developments in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1. | ||||||||||||||
| 14) Students use information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. | ||||||||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | By providing both theoretical and practical education, it prepares students for academic and business life. | 3 |
| 2) | It provides a critical perspective on mass media. | 1 |
| 3) | With the English curriculum, it allows students to follow the international market and academic studies from original sources. | 3 |
| 4) | Students will be an expert in front of the camera, behind-the-scenes, news center, light, sound, editing, directing, cinematography, screenwriting. | 3 |
| 5) | Thanks to the media professionals, the students will be ready for the sector. | 2 |
| 6) | Acquires production skills such as short and medium films, screenplays, documentaries and TV programs. | 1 |
| 7) | Have the basic knowledge and experience of image technologies. | 1 |
| 8) | Thanks to sectoral cooperation, professional business life will be started. | 1 |
| 9) | Through an applied curriculum, students gain an interdisciplinary perspective on different media studies. | 1 |
| 10) | With the technical training to be taken in studio environment, students gain experience in the sector. | 1 |
| 11) | They will have skills such as negotiating with the group, taking initiative. | 1 |
| 12) | Acquire basic values related to media and business ethics. | 1 |
| 13) | Follow the developments in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1. | 3 |
| 14) | Students use information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. | 1 |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | % 30 |
| Presentation | 14 | % 35 |
| Project | 1 | % 35 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % | |
| total | % 100 | |