Visual Communication Design Preview
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

UNI060

Course Name:

Film Reading

Semester:

Fall

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

Turkish

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

University Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator:

Öğr. Gör. AHMET BERK DUMAN

Course Lecturer(s):

Öğr. Gör. AHMET BERK DUMAN

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

In the area where cinema and psychology intersect; We can create a healing experience ground by combining the happiness of watching movies with psychological knowledge that brings insight and awareness. Therefore, cinema therapy is an important and even indispensable tool for those who want to better understand themselves and others, to eliminate the problems in their relationships, to realize their individual potential, to look at their problems from different perspectives and to produce solutions, to be more flexible and resilient to daily and existential difficulties, to give meaning to their lives and to color their lives. It is a self-education that makes sense of the process of perception and communication of human with human and human with the creator.

Course Content:

Specific film genres, directors, movements and styles, national cinemas, historical periods, directors, film culture in the context of new technologies, cultural studies and cinema, gender and cinema, film and media culture, philosophy and cinema, film industry, music and cinema, image and sound in cinema, film adaptations, cinema and social change, alternative cinemas are among the topics to be covered in the course.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) can improve the joy of watching movies
2) Can repair the problems in relations and can understand himself and other better
3) Can improve individual potencial
4) can become more resilient to everyday and existential challenges
5) Can give meaning to his life and make it flamboyant
6) Can produce solutions to the problems from different perspectives

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	On Body and Soul – Ildiko Enyedi
2)	Launchbox-Ritesh Batra
3)	In the mood for Love – Wong Kar-Wai
4)	Agora – Alejandro Amenabar
5)	A Hıdden Life – Terrence Malick
6)	Melancholia-Lars von Trier
7)	The Hunt – Thomas Vinterberg
8)	Marriage Story-Noah Baumbach
9)	Mary and Max – Adam Elliot
10)	Anadolu’nun Kayıp Şarkıları -Nezih Ünen
11)	Nietzche -Freud – Bettany Hughes
12)	Memento – Christopher Nolan
13)	Once Upon a Time in Anatolia- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
14)	Persona – Ingmar Bergman
15)	To Kill a Mockingbird – Robert Mulligan

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	YOKTUR-NONE
References:	YOKTUR-NONE

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5	6
Program Outcomes
1) To understand the structure and dynamics of a design team and to continue the production processes in a flow with team members from different disciplines.
1) To have the necessary knowledge and skills about computer technologies required to produce designs.
1) To be able to manage the design, development and presentation processes by applying the right theoretical steps and to be involved in the production process from start to finish.
1) To be able to criticize and evaluate different problems through these concepts by mastering the design processes.
1) To understand the conceptual importance of Visual Communication Design and to gain the ability to develop user-centered experience-oriented designs.
2) To be able to create balanced interactive narratives with communication and design processes by understanding the ways in which visual designs convey ideas, messages and emotions in experience.
2) To be able to analyze, evaluate and interpret the situations and facts about design issues by using different disciplines.
3) To be able to develop professional projects by producing components for different media, to evaluate these components consistently in the context of the designs developed.
3) To be able to analyze and use design-oriented thinking processes for visual communication products.
4) To have the necessary computer technologies and software knowledge to develop design in line with the needs of the sector, to be able to use computer-aided design applications to reflect their creative ideas.
4) To be able to use these designs effectively in the context of theme, subject and target audience by applying effective visual and audio solutions for communication design products.
5) Mastering contemporary design methodology; To produce designs that appeal to the audience by prioritizing the target audience of the designs.
6) To understand the experience of the users and the target audience, to understand the measurement methods and to benefit from these concepts in the design process.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To understand the structure and dynamics of a design team and to continue the production processes in a flow with team members from different disciplines.
1)	To have the necessary knowledge and skills about computer technologies required to produce designs.
1)	To be able to manage the design, development and presentation processes by applying the right theoretical steps and to be involved in the production process from start to finish.
1)	To be able to criticize and evaluate different problems through these concepts by mastering the design processes.
1)	To understand the conceptual importance of Visual Communication Design and to gain the ability to develop user-centered experience-oriented designs.
2)	To be able to create balanced interactive narratives with communication and design processes by understanding the ways in which visual designs convey ideas, messages and emotions in experience.
2)	To be able to analyze, evaluate and interpret the situations and facts about design issues by using different disciplines.
3)	To be able to develop professional projects by producing components for different media, to evaluate these components consistently in the context of the designs developed.
3)	To be able to analyze and use design-oriented thinking processes for visual communication products.
4)	To have the necessary computer technologies and software knowledge to develop design in line with the needs of the sector, to be able to use computer-aided design applications to reflect their creative ideas.
4)	To be able to use these designs effectively in the context of theme, subject and target audience by applying effective visual and audio solutions for communication design products.
5)	Mastering contemporary design methodology; To produce designs that appeal to the audience by prioritizing the target audience of the designs.
6)	To understand the experience of the users and the target audience, to understand the measurement methods and to benefit from these concepts in the design process.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Presentation	1	% 40
Final	1	% 60
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Preparation for the Activity	Spent for the Activity Itself	Completing the Activity Requirements	Workload
Course Hours	14	0	3		42
Presentations / Seminar	1	30			30
Final	1	50	3		53
Total Workload					125