| Radio, Television and Cinema (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | RTC301 | ||||
| Course Name: | World Cinema | ||||
| 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 introduce the students alternative ways of appreciating diverse film practices. To familiarise students with authorial styles, spectatorial possibilities and strategies, and production modes outside of North American and European mainstream practices. |
| Course Content: | This course offers an overview of contemporary world cinema and the ways in which its films contrast with Hollywood. Films by major international auteurs of contemporary cinema, such as Asghar Farhadi, Yorgos Lanthimos and Kore-eda will be examined in terms of their narrative and style (mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing, and sound, etc.). Students will thus be introduced diverse filmmaking practices. They will read film reviews and write response papers, participate in discussions and submit a midter paper and a term paper. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Upon successful completion of this course, the students will - be familiar with specific concepts and notions of cinemas outside the mainstream cinema, that is Hollywood and European Cinemas. 2) - be able to appreciate the diversity of film styles. 3) grow awareness in the industrial, stylistic and spectatorial tensions between mainstream cinemas and world cinemas. 4) be familiar with alternative ways of storytelling. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction: What is World Cinema? Course syllabus explained | - |
| 2) | In the Mood for Love / Faa yeung nin wa (Kar-Wai Wong, 2000) | Faa yeung nin wa (Kar-Wai Wong, 2000) |
| 3) | The Return / Vozvrashchenie (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2003) | The Return / Vozvrashchenie (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2003) |
| 4) | The Parasite (Joon-ho Bong, 2019) | The Parasite (Joon-ho Bong, 2019) |
| 5) | Le Havre (Aki Kaurismäki, 2011) | Le Havre (Aki Kaurismäki, 2011) |
| 6) | The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009) | The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009) |
| 7) | Round table: World cinema vs Hollywood? | - |
| 8) | The Time that Remains (Elia Suleiman, 2009) | The Time that Remains (Elia Suleiman, 2009) |
| 9) | Nobody Knows / Dare mo shiranai (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2004) | Nobody Knows / Dare mo shiranai (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2004) |
| 10) | 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days / 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile (Cristian Mungiu, 2007) | 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days / 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile (Cristian Mungiu, 2007) |
| 11) | Western (Valeska Grisebach, 2017) | Western (Valeska Grisebach, 2017) |
| 12) | About Elly / Darbareye Elly (Asghar Farhadi, 2009) | About Elly / Darbareye Elly (Asghar Farhadi, 2009) |
| 13) | Café Lumiere / Kôhî jikô (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2003) | Café Lumiere / Kôhî jikô (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2003) |
| 14) | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia/Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da (N. B. Ceylan, 2011) | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia/Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da (N. B. Ceylan, 2011) |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | The students will be provided a reader and web links. links https://www.metacritic.com/movie/ Shohini Chaudhuri, Contemporary World Cinema_ Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia (Edinburg, Edinburg University Press, 2006) |
| References: | Shohini Chaudhuri, Contemporary World Cinema_ Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia (Edinburg, Edinburg University Press, 2006) |
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| 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 | 14 | % 0 |
| Homework Assignments | 3 | % 30 |
| Presentation | 14 | % 25 |
| Project | 2 | % 45 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % | |
| total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Preparation for the Activity | Spent for the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | Workload | ||
| Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 3 | 56 | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Presentations / Seminar | 14 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Project | 2 | 18 | 36 | ||||
| Homework Assignments | 3 | 9 | 2 | 33 | |||
| Total Workload | 152 | ||||||