RTST710 Methods in Cinema Research

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

Information

Code RTST710
Name Methods in Cinema Research
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
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Course Goal / Objective

The main topics of the course include formal analysis of a film or a director's filmography or films gathered together for a specific investigation, as well as contextual analysis methods that include historical, social, cultural, philosophical, ideological and similar background(s), intertextual relations, stars as social and cultural phenomena, well-known people or the film industry with its economic and technological dimensions, and research methods on the cinema audience, taking into account the contextual dimension of the film narrative.

Course Content

The content of this course includes the study of the history of cinema in the context of economic, political, cultural, social, technological, etc. transformations; the formal and contextual analysis of films; the study of the cinema audience or audiences and/or the study of cinema experiences.

Course Precondition

none

Resources

Bowles, K. (2009). Limit of maps? Locality and cinema-going in Australia. Media International Australia, 131(1), 83-94. Hoyt, E. (2022). Ink-Stained Hollywood: The Triumph of American Cinema’s Trade Press. University of California Press. Hoyt, E. (2014). Lenses for lantern: Data mining, visualization, and excavating film history's neglected sources. Film History: An International Journal, 26(2), 146-168. Hoyt, E., Ponto, K., & Roy, C. (2014). Visualizing and Analyzing the Hollywood Screenplay with ScripThreads. DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly, 8(4). Hoyt, E., Tran, T., Long, D., Hughes, K., & Ponto, K. (2018). Searching, Mining, and Interpreting Media History’s Big Data. In The Routledge Companion to Media Studies and Digital Humanities (pp. 413-422). Routledge. Verhoeven, D., Bowles, K., & Arrowsmith, C. (2009). Mapping the movies. reflections on the use of geospatial technologies for historical cinema audience research (pp. 69-82). transcript.

Notes

Barsam, R. M., & Monahan, D. (2010). Looking at Movies: An Introduction to Film (3. Baskı). Londra: W. W. Norton & Company Ltd. Biltereyst, D., & Meers, P. (2018). Film, cinema and reception studies: Revisiting research on audience’s filmic and cinematic experiences. In E. Di Giovanni & Y. Gambier (Eds.), Reception Studies and Audiovisual Translation (pp. 21–42). John Benjamins Publishing Company. Bordwell, D. (2006). The Way Hollywood Tells it: Story and Style in Modern Movies. California: University of California Press. Corrigan, T., & White, P. (2012). The Film Experience: An Introduction (3. Baskı). Boston & New York: Bedford / St. Martin’s. Elsaesser, T., & Buckland, W. (2002). Studying Contemporary American Film: A Guide to Movie Analysis. New York: Oxford University Press. Gregory, I. N., & Geddes, A. (Eds.). (2014). Toward Spatial Humanities: Historical GIS and Spatial History. Indiana University Press. Hallam, J., & Roberts, L. (2011). Mapping, memory and the city: Archives, databases and film historiography. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 14(3), 355–372. Klenotic, J. (2011). Using GIS to Explore the Spatiality of Cinema. In R. Maltby, D. Biltereyst, & P. Meers (Eds.), Explorations in New Cinema History: Approaches and Case Studies (pp. 58–84). Wiley-Blackwell. 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. Phillips, P. (2000). Understanding Film Texts: Meaning and Experience. Londra: BFI Publishing. Phillips, P. (2012). Spectator, Audience and Response. Nelmes, J. (Ed.), Introduction to Film Studies (5. Baskı) içinde (114–141). Londra & New York: Routledge. Pramaggiore, M. ve Wallis, T. (2008). Film: A Critical Introduction (2. Baskı). Londra: Laurence King Publishing Ltd. Ryan, M., & Lenos, M. (2012). Film Çözümlemesine Giriş – Anlatı Sinemasında Teknik ve Anlam. E. S. Onat (çev.), Ankara: De Ki Basım Yayım.


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Students will understand and be able to explain the movements, paradigms and concepts (i.e. positivism, hypothesis, variable, measurement, scale) in scientific research.
LO02 Students will be familiar with and put into practice the processes and procedures used in scientific research (identification of research topic and problem, literature review, research design, data gathering and analysis, research report).
LO03 To learn how to read and analyze film as a text.
LO04 To discuss with theoretical ideas presented by major film theorists, and to analyze films by these theories.
LO05 To explore the major aesthetic trends in the history of cinema.
LO06 Ta gain a greater understanding on how the cinema works.
LO07 To explore the audiences in different aspects.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Graduates have the knowledge of thinking in different fields of social sciences and adapting them into their own specialized applications and research. 5
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Graduates use research methods and techniques applied in the field of radio, television and cinema, has theoretical and practical knowledge. 5
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Graduates have knowledge of art, aesthetics, law and general culture related to the field.
PLO04 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Graduates can comprehend the connections of radio, television and cinema with society and culture.
PLO05 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Graduates are able to question the relationality between radio, television and cinema, technology and society and to comprehend the changing scientific dynamics of the field.
PLO06 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Graduates are able to develop connections between art, aesthetics, law and general culture knowledge related to the field.
PLO07 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Graduates acquire critical thinking and interpretation skills in the field of radio, television and cinema. 3
PLO08 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Graduates are able to lead in environments that require solving problems related to the field; organizes personal, institutional and team work.
PLO09 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Graduates are able to convey current developments and projects carried out in the field with appropriate communication tools. 2
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Graduates can establish the relationship between artistic, social, economic and political developments and the field of radio, television and cinema.
PLO11 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Graduates use the specialized knowledge and problem solving skills acquired in the field in interdisciplinary studies. 4


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Introduction to the Methods in Cinema Research Course; Course Content, Course Structure, Obligations within the Course Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
2 Cinema as a Social and Cultural Phenomenon and Adapting the Methods of Social Sciences to Cinema Studies Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Anlatım
3 Texts in Cinema Studies I – Statistical Methods for Text Analyses Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
4 Texts in Cinema Studies II – Cinema Studies and Big Data Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Anlatım
5 Texts in Cinema Studies III – Archive Studies Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Anlatım, Tartışma
6 Audience Studies I Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Anlatım
7 Audience Studies II Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Anlatım
8 MIDTERM EXAM Reading Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav, Ödev
9 Oral History Studies I – Overcoming the Problems of Traditional/Conventional Historiography through Oral History Studies Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Anlatım, Tartışma
10 Oral History Studies II – Aims, Topics, Methods and Problems in Oral History Studies with Local, National and International Examples Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Anlatım
11 Methodology in New Cinema History Research I – Comparing Audience and Cinema Cultures in Historical Context Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Anlatım
12 Methodology in New Cinema History Research II – Researching Cinema Venues in Historical Context Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Anlatım
13 Methodology in New Cinema History Research III – Researching Film Screening Practices and Programmes in Historical Context Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Anlatım
14 Methodology in New Cinema History Research IV – Discussing Film Distribution and Flow in Historical Context Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
15 Methodology in New Cinema History Research V – Working with Documents and Mixed Methods Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Anlatım
16 FINAL EXAM Reading Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav, Ödev
17 MAKE-UP EXAM Reading Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Ödev, Yazılı Sınav


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: 13.05.2024 10:05