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HISTORY OF CINEMA

Course
RTVC361 - HISTORY OF CINEMA
Department
Radio, Television and Cinema - English - Undergraduate
Course Type
Course
Status
Required
Language
English
Credit
3
ECTS
5
T+P+L
3 + 0 + 0
Course Coordinator(s)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Göral Erinç FUNDALAR
Prerequisite
-
Keywords

Course Description

This course is designed to equip students with a foundational knowledge of film history which they will be able to develop either through further academic study or though their own initiative. The course provides an overview of the history of cinema, focusing on major cultural and creative traditions that have influenced the global development of the medium from the late nineteenth century to the present. The course topics will include Soviet cinema in the 1920s, Italian Neorealism in the 1940s, the French New Wave in the 1950s and 1960s, and the emergence of the digital technologies in the present era.

HISTORY OF CINEMA

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Item Type Weight (%)
Midterm Exam Midterm 40
Final Exam Final 50
Homework Assignment 10
Total 100

Course outcomes

  1. 01 The students will be able to recite the historical development of cinema in a variety of national contexts.
  2. 02 The students will be able to identify major developments in the cinema and relate them to a broader context.

Course Syllabus

Week Topic
Week 1 Introduction
Week 2 The Invention and Early Years of Cinema
Week 3 Three Directors at the Beginning - Melies, Porter and Griffith
Week 4 Charlie Chaplin
Week 5 German Cinema in the 1920s: German Expressionism
Week 6 German Cinema in the 1920s: German Expressionism - 2
Week 7 Soviet Cinema in the 1920s: Montage Movement
Week 8 MIDTERM EXAMS
Week 9 MIDTERM EXAMS
Week 10 The Avant-Garde (Modernist) Movements in Cinema
Week 11 Postwar European Cinema: Italian Neorealism
Week 12 Postwar European Cinema: Italian Neorealism - 2
Week 13 Europe in 1960s: French New Wave and The Left Bank
Week 14 Europe in 1960s: French New Wave and The Left Bank - 2
Week 15 FINAL EXAMS

Reference Books & Course Materials

  1. 01 Thompson, K. and Bordwell, D. (2009). Film History: An Introduction. New York: McGraw Hill.

Learning Outcomes

  1. L01 Recites the historical development of cinema in a variety of national contexts. SOLO 3
  2. L02 Recognize and differentiate films of different genres and movements based on their formal characteristics. SOLO 3
  3. L03 Develop a sense of how art, history, society, technological developments and economy are interrelated. SOLO 5
  4. L04 Identifies major developments in the cinema and relate them to a broader context. SOLO 3
  5. L05 Reflect their acquired sense of artistic development on their own creative projects. SOLO 5

Program Outcomes

  1. P01 PO1: Engaged in insightful thinking leading to self-learning and lifelong learning.
  2. P02 PO2: Established a general knowledge of economics sufficient to work independently through specific learned techniques generated via individual efforts and study.
  3. P03 PO3: Reached the required knowledge and skills to understand social, economic and legal issues both within national, international and global contexts and apply theoretical knowledge of economics to practice.
  4. P04 PO4: Adopted the ability to critically evaluate, analyze and interpret information gathered through the use of related statistical software programs to suggest creative solutions for economic problems and make relevant economic decisions.
  5. P05 PO5: Been aware of gathering and analyzing data through the application of appropriate technological tools in an ethical and safe manner in order to generate economic decisions and policy suggestions.
  6. P06 PO6: Been equipped with conceptual and analytical skills essential for team-working and collaborations for economic decision making for a variety of economic concepts in national and global environment.
  7. P07 PO7: Endowed with both oral and written communication skills within the economic field to effectively study and work in an international environment
  8. P08 PO8: Been able to transfer theoretical knowledge to real life economic environment: to generate policies for microeconomic and macroeconomic problems faced by individuals, firms and governments at national, international and global context.
  9. P09 PO9: Developed an ability to apply economic analysis to everyday problems in real world through the development of ethical perspectives and social responsibilities at work and in personal life.

Po-Lo Matrix

LO P01 P02 P03 P04 P05 P06 P07 P08 P09 Average
L01 - - - - - - - - - -
L02 - - - - - - - - - -
L03 - - - - - - - - - -
L04 - - - - - - - - - -
L05 - - - - - - - - - -