Radio, Television and Cinema (English) | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | RTC304 | ||||
Course Name: | Documentary Film | ||||
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: | Face to face | ||||
Course Coordinator: | Prof. Dr. AYBİKE SERTTAŞ | ||||
Course Lecturer(s): | Prof. Dr. Peyami Çelikcan | ||||
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Course Objectives: | The Documentary Film Production course aims at introducing documentary cinema as a part of non-fiction film genre. The field of cinema has two main genres including fiction and non-fictions films which their own sub-genres. The course has been designed to draw the students’ interest on non-fictions films in general and documentary films in specific. The differences between fiction and non-fictions films, the sub-genres of non-fiction films, and features of documentary film will be the theoretical base of the course. Within this base, the basic movements in documentary cinema such as British Documentary Movement, Direct Cinema, Free C,inema, and Cinema Verite will be discussed. How to make documentary film will be the practical base of the course. |
Course Content: | Basic knowledge about documentary film production. The concept of documentary film, documentary film materials, language and scenario used in documentary films, music usage, sound and light use, the angles used in documentary film shooting, differences in documentary film editing. Analysis and the examination of documentary films that have been successful in the world and Turkey. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Learns the distinction between fiction and non-fiction film 2) Learns the types of non-fiction films 3) Learns the development of documentary film 4) Develop production skills in documentary film |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction of the course outline | |
2) | Fiction and Non-Fictions Films | |
3) | The development of Documentray Film Making | |
4) | Frontieers: R. Flaherty, D. Vertov | |
5) | Frontieers: A. Cavalcanti, W. Ruttman | |
6) | Frontieers: J. Grierson and BDM | |
7) | Free Cinema | |
8) | Direct Cinema | |
9) | Cinema Verite | |
10) | Turkish Documentary Films | |
11) | Turkish Documentary Films | |
12) | Modes of Documentary Films | |
13) | Documentary Film Making Techniques | |
14) | Documentary Film Making Techniques |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Adalı, Bilgin, Belgesel Sinema, Hil Yayını, İstanbul, 1986. Barsam, Richard Meran, Nonfiction Film-A Critical History, E.P.Dutton&CO., New York, 1973. Brian Winston, The Documentary Film Book, BFI-Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2013. Chanan, Michael, The Politics of Documentary, BFI, Palgrive&MacMillan, 2012, London. |
References: | Özgüç, Agah, Kronolojik Türk Sinema Tarihi, Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Yayınları, 1988. Özuyar, Ali, Türk Sinema Tarihinden Fragmanlar, Phoenix Yayınları, Ankara, 2013. Saunders, Dave, Belgesel, Kolektif Yayınları, İstanbul, 2010. |
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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. | |
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. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 1 | % 10 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
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 | 14 | 2 | 28 | ||||
Application | 14 | 2 | 28 | ||||
Midterms | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||
Final | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Total Workload | 64 |