| Radio, Television and Cinema (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | UNI238 | ||||
| Course Name: | From Literature to 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: | University Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Araş. Gör. BURAK ASLAN | ||||
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| Course Objectives: | In this course, the students will have an overview of the similarities and differences between the two genres and the adaptation process from written material to visual mediums and the introduction to intertextuality. |
| Course Content: | Film and literature, transcription from the text, intertextuality, film reading, visual narration |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To be able to use narrative theory, basic concepts, and terminology 2) To be able to analyze narrative techniques and forms of texts and films 3) To be able to indicate similarities and differences of important literary works transferred to the cinema 4) To be able to list the types of literary genres most affected by the emergence of film genre and its popularization among film makers |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction (Reading-watching-adapting) | |
| 2) | Discussion: Form & Content Types of Adaptations (Cinema terms handout) | |
| 3) | Ideology & Film: Making Connections (Social issues like gender & race from text to screen & vice versa) | |
| 4) | Does a ‘Standard’ Adaptation exist? Genre Adaptations (Sci-Fi) | |
| 5) | Drama, Acting, & Monologue (from the stage to screen) | |
| 6) | Comedy, Comics, (graphic novels) & Film Ancient Myth in Modern Film (Marvel) | |
| 7) | MIDTERM ESSAY DUE (+ oral presentation of abstracts & thesis) | |
| 8) | Screenwriting: Film & Lit. Documentary (from fiction to nonfiction) | |
| 9) | Looking at Filmed Fiction (short story adaptations) | |
| 10) | The Classics & New Media | |
| 11) | Archetypes on Screen vs in print | |
| 12) | One text: Many Adaptations Biographical Adaptations | |
| 13) | Adaptations in Children’s Lit. | |
| 14) | FINAL REVIEW/RE-CAP |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | • Giannetti, Louis. Understanding Movies. 12th edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon/Pearson, 2011. |
| References: | • Giannetti, Louis. Understanding Movies. 12th edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon/Pearson, 2011. |
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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 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 50 |
| Final | 1 | % 50 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
| total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Preparation for the Activity | Spent for the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | Workload | ||
| Course Hours | 14 | 0 | 3 | 42 | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 0 | 5 | 80 | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Final | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Total Workload | 126 | ||||||