Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HISTORY OF CINEMA I RTS217 Turkish Compulsory 3. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 4.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Doç. Dr. Tunç YILDIRIM
Instructor(s) Doç. Dr. Tunç YILDIRIM (Güz)
Goals The aim of the course is to provide students with the ability to master the literature of their field and analyze in a historical perspective while evaluating today's cinema.
Course Content Since the birth of cinema, it not only opened a new era in traditional arts, but was also born into an era where the political, economic and technological changes of the world accelerated. This course is designed to present the critical changes and periods in film aesthetics in the light of socio-political, cultural and technological transformations of the 19th and 20th centuries. The course will include milestones in cinema history, important directors, groundbreaking movements, industrial and national differences.
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Compares the present conditions with the birth of cinema.
2 Recognizes aesthetic continuity and references between films.
3 Comprehend the currents and periods in cinema in their social conditions.
4 Analyzes the films in their historical traditions.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Social conditions in the world at the end of the 19th century Class Hours Verbal Expression
2. Week Film devices, magic, technology and competition Lumiere Brothers and Edison Class Hours Verbal Expression
3. Week İşçi sınıfı, göçmenler, boş zaman kültürü ve şehirleşme ve erken dönem izleyici ilişkileri Class Hours Verbal Expression
4. Week Aesthetic approach in Lumiere Brothers and Melies Verbal Expression Class Hours
5. Week Early American movies, screenings Class Hours Verbal Expression
6. Week The introduction of Griffith and feature films to the cinema Class Hours Verbal Expression
7. Week Cinema between telling and showing: Continuity, Editing, painting aesthetic searches Class Hours Verbal Expression
8. Week Midterm Class Hours Practice
9. Week Vertov, Eisentein and Theory of Editing Class Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
10. Week Germany and expressionism before the second war Class Hours Research Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
11. Week Impressionist cinema in France Visual Presentation Class Hours Verbal Expression Research
12. Week Poetic realism in France Class Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Research
13. Week The prominence of post-war documentary aesthetics Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Class Hours
14. Week Realism debates and Italian New Realistic Cinema Class Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
15. Week Final Class Hours Practice
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
The Matrix for Course & Program Learning Outcomes
No Program Requirements Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Students will be able to define the concepts related to cinema and television sectors.
2 Students will be able to discuss the reflections of this information in the fields of application by dominating both basic and new theoretical orientations and concepts in cinema and television fields.
3 Students will be able to comprehends the historical processes of cinema, television, media and communication fields and compares them with today's sectoral trends.
4 Students will be able to have knowledge about the structure and working principle of the technical materials used in the field, follow the current material developed in line with the new orientations and apply this knowledge by reflecting on their own studies.
5 Students will be able to work in the field of cinema and television, they develop appropriate solutions by calculating possible problems.
6 Students will be able to combine the theoretical knowledge related by the cinema and television sectors with the practical methods.
7 Students will be able to develop collaborative work by linking cinema and television fields with other arranged disciplines.
8 Students will be able to questioning the innovations they pursue, they discover their own directions of cinema and television.
9 Students will be able to provide the opportunity to use and share knowledge, skills effectively by participating in national and international film screenings, festivals, contests and similar organizations.
10 Students will be able to recognize the ethical values in cinema and television fields and applies them in the working environment.
11 Students will be able to organize that bring together individuals working in the field of cinema and television organizations and arrange an environment of reflection and discussion.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4
PY1 3 3 3 3
PY2 2 2 2 2
PY3 2 2 2 2
PY4 1 1 1 1
PY5 3 3 3 3
PY6 2 2 2 2
PY7 5 5 5 5
PY8 3 3 3 3
PY9 2 2 2 2
PY10 2 2 2 2
PY11 3 3 3 3
Recommended Sources
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Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Geoffrey Nowell Smith, Dünya Sinema Tarihi, Kabalcı Yayınları
  • Rekin Teksoy, Sinema Tarihi, Oğlak Yayıncılık
  • Examples from World Cinema
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Ders İçi
Class Hours 15 1 15
Ders Dışı
Preparation, After Class Study 1 1 1
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 2 2
Homework 1 10 4 40
Homework 2 10 3 30
Final 1 2 2
Classroom Activities 4 2 8
Total Workload 98
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 4.0