ILEM709 Film History and Theory

6 ECTS - 3-0 Duration (T+A)- . Semester- 3 National Credit

Information

Code ILEM709
Name Film History and Theory
Term 2024-2025 Academic Year
Semester . Semester
Duration (T+A) 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 6 ECTS
National Credit 3 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Yüksek Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Doç. Dr. AYDIN ÇAM


Course Goal / Objective

This course aims to examine the major positions and issues in film theory with an eye to understanding connections between the early days of film and contemporary approaches to understanding film.

Course Content

The content of the course include classification of film theory; relationship between film and the real; formalism-realism debates; the space-time in cinema; auteur theory; genre criticism; film semiotics; psychoanalytical, feminist and Marxist approaches and perception studies.

Course Precondition

none

Resources

Allen, R. C. (1990). From exhibition to reception: reflections on the audience in film history. Screen, 31(4), 347-356. Biltereyst, D., Maltby, R., & Meers, P. (Eds.). (2013). Cinema, audiences and modernity: New perspectives on European cinema history. Routledge. Biltereyst, D., Maltby, R., & Meers, P. (Eds.). (2019). The Routledge companion to new cinema history. Routledge. Biltereyst, D., & Meers, P. (2011). The political economy of audiences. The handbook of political economy of communications, 415-435. Biltereyst, D., & Meers, P. (2016). New cinema history and the comparative mode: Reflections on comparing historical cinema cultures. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, (11), 13-32. Biltereyst, D., & Meers, P. (2018). Film, cinema and reception studies. Reception studies and audiovisual translation, 21-41. Biltereyst, D., & Van de Vijver, L. (Eds.). (2020). Mapping Movie Magazines: Digitization, Periodicals and Cinema History. Springer Nature. Bowles, K. (2011). Lost horizon: the social history of the cinema audience. History Compass, 9(11), 854-863. Casetti, F. (2009). Filmic experience. Screen, 50(1), 56-66. Ercole, P., Treveri Gennari, D., & O’Rawe, C. (2017). Mapping cinema memories: Emotional geographies of cinemagoing in Rome in the 1950s. Memory Studies, 10(1), 63-77. Fuller-Seeley, K. (Ed.). (2008). Hollywood in the neighborhood: Historical case studies of local moviegoing. Univ of California Press. Gennari, D. T., O’Rawe, C., Hipkins, D., Dibeltulo, S., & Culhane, S. (2020). Italian Cinema Audiences: Histories and Memories of Cinema-going in Post-war Italy. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. Gennari, D. T., & Sedgwick, J. (2015). Memories in context: the social and economic function of cinema in 1950s Rome. Film history: An international journal, 27(2), 76-104. Kuhn, A., Biltereyst, D., & Meers, P. (2017). Memories of cinemagoing and film experience: An introduction. Memory Studies, 10(1), 3-16. Maltby, R., Biltereyst, D., & Meers, P. (Eds.). (2011). Explorations in new cinema history: Approaches and case studies. John Wiley & Sons. Meers, P., Biltereyst, D., & Van De Vijver, L. (2010). Metropolitan vs rural cinemagoing in Flanders, 1925–75. Screen, 51(3), 272-280. Stokes, M., & Maltby, R. (Eds.). (2019). Hollywood spectatorship: Changing perceptions of cinema audiences. Bloomsbury Publishing. Stokes, M., & Maltby, R. (Eds.). (1999). American movie audiences: From the turn of the century to the early sound era. London: British Film Institute. Thissen, J., & Zimmermann, C. (2017). Cinema beyond the City. Bloomsbury Publishing. Treveri-Gennari, D., O’Rawe, C., & Hipkins, D. (2011). In Search of Italian Cinema Audiences in the 1940s and 1950s: Gender, genre and national identity. Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, 8(2), 539-553. Van de Vijver, L., & Biltereyst, D. (2013). Cinemagoing as a Conditional Part of Everyday Life: Memories of Cinemagoing in Ghent from the 1930s to the 1970s. Cultural Studies, 27(4), 561-584.

Notes

Abisel, N. (2003). Sessiz Sinema. Ankara: Om Yayınevi. Hartcourt, P. (2008). Altı Avrupalı Yönetmen. Ö. Özdüzen ve O. Yusufoğlu (çev.), İstanbul: Doruk Yayıncılık. İri, M. (Ed.) (2009). Sinema Araştırmaları: Kuramlar, Kavramlar, Yaklaşımlar (2. Basım). İstanbul: Derin Yayınları. Kovacs, A. B. (2010). Modernizmi Seyretmek – Avrupa Sanat Sineması, 1950–1980. E. Yılmaz (çev.). Ankara De Ki Basım Yayım Ltd. Şti. Monaco, J. (2008). Bir Film Nasıl Okunur? – Sinema Dili, Tarihi ve Kuramı – Sinema, Medya ve Mültimedya Dünyası (10. Baskı). E. Yılmaz (çev.), İstanbul: Oğlak Yayıncılık. Orr, J. (1997). Sinema ve Modernlik. A. Bahçıvan (çev.), Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları. Teksoy, R. (2005a). Rekin Teksoy’un Sinema Tarihi – Birinci Cilt. İstanbul: Oğlak Yayıncılık ve Reklamcılık Ltd. Şti. Teksoy, R. (2005b). Rekin Teksoy’un Sinema Tarihi – İkinci Cilt. İstanbul: Oğlak Yayıncılık ve Reklamcılık Ltd. Şti. Wayne, M. (2009). Politik Film: Üçüncü Sinema’nın Diyalektiği. E. Yılmaz. (çev.), İstanbul: Yordam Kitap.


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Students know the processes related to the history of cinema and the development of cinema; basic periods, movements, directors and films; evaluate the art of cinema from a critical point of view according to basic periods and movements.
LO02 Discuss the film history in geographical concept and explain the main research areas of film theories.
LO03 Evaluate the conceptualisation of the relationship between film and reality in film theories.
LO04 Discuss the changes in film theories posed by technological developments in historical context.
LO05 Students relate and analyse the use of cinema films in media, communication and culture industries with different concepts such as consumption, daily life, identity, belonging, memory, discourse and gender.
LO06 Contrast differences between classical and modern styles of cinematic narration.
LO07 Analyze the dynamics affecting film interpretation of the audience.
LO08 Describe the psychoanalytic, structuralist, semiotic, feminist, Marxist, and etc. approaches used in the film analysis.
LO09 Comment on a film in terms of main approaches in film theories.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Have the conceptual and theoretical competence to explain the phenomena in Communication Studies disciplines. 5
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Have sufficient knowledge about the basic conceptual approaches used in the field of social sciences. 4
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal He/she has knowledge of basic methodological approaches, methods, research techniques and their application and evaluation in communication and media studies.
PLO04 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Identify local, national and international problems in the field of Communication Studies.
PLO05 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Selects data collection and analysis techniques within the appropriate methodologies and applies empirical studies in order to solve these problems,
PLO06 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği She /he reports a social research she designed in the field of communication studies and turns it into original works in accordance with academic rules.
PLO07 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Gains the ability to analyze and synthesize the phenomena in the field of social sciences in an interdisciplinary context. 4
PLO08 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Leads and works effectively individually and/or in a team by taking responsibility. .
PLO09 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği She/he carryes her/his education to the next level of education.
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik He/she transfers his/her knowledge of the field in an effective and systematic way, both verbally and in writing. 4
PLO11 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Recognizes and applies social, scientific and professional ethical values.
PLO12 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Develops critical thinking skills. 1


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Introduction and presentation of the course and program. Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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2 Introduction to formalism-realism debates in film theories; explanation of discussions on reproduction of reality and the power of artistic formation in cinema Reading and Watching Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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3 Formalist Theory 1: 'Cinema is a language' Hugo Munsterberg, Rudolph Arnheim Reading and Watching Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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4 Formalist Theories 2: Balazs, Pudovkin and Kuleshov. Reading and Watching Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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5 Formalist theory of Eisenstein and conflict (dramatic policy) based editing. Reading and Watching Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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6 Realistic Theories 1: Andre Bazin, 'Cinema is the optical and mechanical reproduction of reality', the mise-en-scene and depth of field. Reading and Watching Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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7 Realistic Theories 2: Kracauer: Physical Reality and Narrative. Reading and Watching Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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8 Mid-Term Exam Mid-Term Exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
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9 Discussions on Film Theory - Student's Essays I Reading and Watching Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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10 Discussions on Film Theory - Student's Essays II Reading and Watching Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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11 Discussions on Film Theory - Student's Essays III Reading and Watching Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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12 Discussions on Film Theory - Öğrenci Çalışmaları IV Reading and Watching Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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13 Discussions on Film Theory - Student's Essays V Reading and Watching Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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14 Discussions on Film Theory - Student's Essays VI Reading and Watching Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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15 Discussions on Film Theory - Student's Essays VII Reading and Watching Öğretim Yöntemleri:
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16 Term Exams Term Exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
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17 Term Exams Term Exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
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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 5 70
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 15 15
Final Exam 1 30 30
Total Workload (Hour) 157
Total Workload / 25 (h) 6,28
ECTS 6 ECTS

Update Time: 10.05.2024 03:17