AS338 Documentary

4 ECTS - 2-1 Duration (T+A)- 6. Semester- 2 National Credit

Information

Code AS338
Name Documentary
Semester 6. Semester
Duration (T+A) 2-1 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 4 ECTS
National Credit 2 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Öğr. Gör.Dr. FIRAT BERKSUN


Course Goal

The purpose is to examine different perspectives in the field of documentary cinema and to discuss the relations between these perspectives and related concepts in social sciences.

Course Content

Beginnings of documentary film, propaganda, documentary and history, ethnographic documentaries are some of the subjects that will be disccused during the course. Alongside theoretical discussions, there will be practiceoriented assignments.

Course Precondition

None

Resources

Saunders, Dave. (2014) Belgesel. İstanbul: Kolektif Kitap. Petric, Vlada. Dziga Vertov: Sinemada Konstrüktivizm. Çev. Güzin Yamaner. İstanbul: Öteki Yayınevi. Hülya Doğan, (2013). “Antropolojinin Görseli Yeniden ve Yeniden Keşfi: Görsel Antropoloji”, İletişim Kuram ve Araştırma Dergisi - Gazi Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Süreli Elektronik Dergi (36): 74-85. Hasan Akbulut, “Bellek Olarak Belgesel Sinema: Son Dönem Belgesel Sinemasına Bir Bakış” sinecine 1(2), (2010):119–124.

Notes

Giorgio Agamben, Tanık ve Arşiv: Auschwitz’den Artakalanlar. Çev. Ali İhsan Başgül. Ankara: Dipnot Yayınları. Primo Levi, Boğulanlar Kurtulanlar, Çev. Kemal Atalay, İstanbul: Can Yayınları.


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Recognizes different periods and perspectives in the history of documentary cinema.
LO02 Explains basic theoretical discussions about documentary, compares these discussions with the field of fictional film.
LO03 Correlates concepts in different fields of social sciences with documentary.
LO04 Develops short documentary projects, practices all the steps in documentary film-making.
LO05 Evaluates different practices of ethnograpic methods in documentary cinema.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Explains the basic concepts of the field, communication patterns, communication and cultural functions within the framework of communication as the basis of Communication Studies.
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles.
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Holds information related to the fields as a basis; Instrumental Social Communications (Radio, TV, Film, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism) within a terminological frame (=teleological) (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.). 3
PLO04 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Has the knowledge and skills to use and/or explain how communication works in every aspect in different cultures, from individual to group, mass, institutional communication within the major tools of communication. 3
PLO05 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work. 4
PLO06 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı From an interdisciplinary perspective, acknowledged the concept of communication to synthesize information that Communication Studies has background from different areas like, Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Sciences, Anthropology and so on. 3
PLO07 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications.
PLO08 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı As a requirement of competence to communicate effectively, has the ability to express himself/herself up, facing the people with correct understanding in environments in which he/she is capable of empathy sets. 3
PLO09 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events.
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Follows the local, national and international events with critical comments. 5
PLO11 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Is able to work in the group as well as having the competence of the individual work 3
PLO12 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Develops a sense of responsibility towards the society, as individuals, develops projects for the benefit of the community, leadership and entrepreneurial skills of intellectual exhibitions.
PLO13 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Improves constantly himself/herself, as well as being open to professional developments in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities, identifying needs of learning 3
PLO14 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Has rational thinking skills, creative thinking in written, oral, visual and so on, as well as using the methods and strategies, for the purpose of communicating thoughts. 5
PLO15 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Has at least one foreign language in the European Language Portfolio (B) with the level of using the information in track and communicate with colleagues abroad.
PLO16 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik While accessing all kinds of information, using and transmitting of all other thoughts on the process and in all other practices of the profession strives to comply with ethical requirements and endeavors.
PLO17 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Has basic skills and use these skills for mediating to the general population methods in the specific praxis areas, such as media literacy,
PLO18 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Is competent to use required level of knowledge of the area and use of computer software as well as all means of communication (body language, verbal and nonverbal communication, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cinema, internet and other information / communication technologies, and mass media)
PLO19 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Identifies learning needs and future career plan and perform accordingly.
PLO20 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the field.


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Introduction Discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
2 Beginnings of the documentary Watching/Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
3 Dziga Vertov and Cine-eye Watching/Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
4 Short documentary examples Watching/Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
5 Essay Film Watching/Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
6 Documentary and history Watching Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama
7 Projects - Discussion Project Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama
8 Mid-Term Exam Watching/Reading Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
9 Ethnographic documentary Watching/Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
10 Social types Watching/Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
11 Examples from Turkey Watching/Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
12 Interview techniques in documentary film Watching/Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Alıştırma ve Uygulama
13 Sound in documentary Project Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama
14 Projects -discussion II Project Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama
15 General Review Project Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama
16 Term Exams I Watching/Reading Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Proje / Tasarım
17 Term Exams II Watching/Reading Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Proje / Tasarım


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 3 42
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 2 2
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 7 7
Final Exam 1 18 18
Total Workload (Hour) 111
Total Workload / 25 (h) 4,44
ECTS 4 ECTS