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
- 01 The students will be able to recite the historical development of cinema in a variety of national contexts.
- 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
- 01 Thompson, K. and Bordwell, D. (2009). Film History: An Introduction. New York: McGraw Hill.
Learning Outcomes
- L01 Recites the historical development of cinema in a variety of national contexts. SOLO 3
- L02 Recognize and differentiate films of different genres and movements based on their formal characteristics. SOLO 3
- L03 Develop a sense of how art, history, society, technological developments and economy are interrelated. SOLO 5
- L04 Identifies major developments in the cinema and relate them to a broader context. SOLO 3
- L05 Reflect their acquired sense of artistic development on their own creative projects. SOLO 5
Program Outcomes
- P01 The student chooses the design principles and can match the application
- P02 Students will be able to define national and international values in art and design
- P03 Students will be able to define abstract and concrete design concepts and express them in composition
- P04 The student can adjust the time correctly to complete his / her graphic application
- P05 The student matches the relationship between image and meaning
- P06 Students can express what they see by drawing
- P07 Identifies the traces, aligns, and calculates the hierarchy of typographic elements
- P08 Defines and lists art and design materials
- P09 Expresses an idea, concept or phenomenon visually in a creative way
- P10 Solves the design problems encountered in the process
- P11 Symbolizes concepts, situations, and objects in the visual context
- P12 Develops design projects by recalling basic graphic design principles
- P13 Applies technology effectively in the design process
- P14 Can think critically and question theoretical gains in the context
- P15 Relate the past, present, and future of design
- P16 Can perform original works related to the field and evaluate the results
- P17 Designs and produces different visual areas such as multimedia, advertising graphics, animation, new media, printmaking, and photography
- P18 Improves communication skills for teamwork
- P19 Can effectively discuss, criticize and form theory about the field
- P20 Student can organize paragraphs, single-column, multi-column and modular grids in book and magazine designs
- P21 Can plan collaborations with colleagues in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary environments
- P22 Can associate written texts with visual images
- P23 Can observe and compare in the context of art criticism methods
- P24 Can apply legal regulations and procedures in the field
- P25 Be able to associate written texts with visual images
Po-Lo Matrix
| LO | P01 | P02 | P03 | P04 | P05 | P06 | P07 | P08 | P09 | P10 | P11 | P12 | P13 | P14 | P15 | P16 | P17 | P18 | P19 | P20 | P21 | P22 | P23 | P24 | P25 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |