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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

RTC212

Course Name:

Film Theory and Criticism

Semester:

Spring

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Compulsory Courses

Course Level:

Bachelor

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

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

E-Learning

Course Coordinator:

Prof. Dr. NEZİH ERDOĞAN

Course Lecturer(s):

Nezih Erdoğan

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

1) To familiarize the students with the vocabulary of film theory.
2) To develop a theoretical and critical understanding of cinema.
3) To identify formal, stylistic and narrative elements of film and how they function within larger and broader contexts (the film as a system and cinema as an institution).
4) To be able to combine theory of film practice and practice of film theory.
5) To enable them to express their ideas, opinions and views of cinema in general and films in particular by constructing arguments both written and audio-visual supporting them with facts and evidence.

Course Content:

This course aims to introduce the major film theories from a historical perspective. It opens with a brief examination of what “theory” is and its uses for film studies. The course examines diverse approaches to cinema from various angles: formalism, realism, aesthetics, narrative, semiotics, psychoanalysis, feminism. It will begin with works of R. Canudo, H. Münsterberg, S. Eisenstein and then move on to relatively more contemporary theories by Kracauer, Balazs, Bazin, Mitry and finally C. Metz, and L. Mulvey. The students will participate in discussions, take quizzes, make a presentation (pitching) and produce a Video Essay as Term Project.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to develop the habit of critical thinking regarding films and cinema;
2) Enhance and enrich their experience of viewing films;
3) Approach cinema from a diversity of angles (artistic, political, industrial/economical, etc.);
4) Communicate their view of cinema and individual films on a less personal and more scholarly level;
5) Conceive of film theory and film making as inseparable realms;
6) Put their theoretical and critical knowledge into their practice.

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the course. Syllabus. What is theory? What is film theory? Related terms and concepts.
2)	Film as an aesthetic problem: Ricciotto Canudo
3)	Form, function, matter: Hugo Münsterberg
4)	Creativity and form: Rudolph Arnheim
5)	Montage, form and dialectics: Sergei Eisenstein
6)	Tradition of formalism: Bela Balazs
7)	“Round Table Discussion”
8)	Realism and cinema: Siegfried Kracauer
9)	The tradition of realism: André Bazin
10)	The form and purpose of cinema: Jean Mitry
11)	Film "semiologie": Christian Metz
12)	Psychoanalysis and Cinema: Christian Metz
13)	Feminist film theory: Laura Mulvey
14)	Pitching (Project Proposal)

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Dudley Andrew The Major Film Theories Oxford University Press, 1976
References:	http://zeroland.co.nz/directory/film_movies/film-theory-film-criticism/ Film Studies For Free: https://filmstudiesforfree.blogspot.com

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5	6
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.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

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.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Quizzes	3	% 50
Presentation	1	% 25
Project	1	% 25
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		%
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	42
Study Hours Out of Class	13	58
Presentations / Seminar	2	6
Project	2	35
Quizzes	3	3
Total Workload		144