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| Code | AIS432 |
| Name | Creative Documentary |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | 8. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 5 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | E Elective |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi BATU ANADOLU |
| Course Instructor |
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Course Goal / Objective
The creative documentary course aims to bring students together with new ideas, methods, examples, contents to produce successful, meaningful, creative documentaries and to enable them to understand visual storytelling by prioritizing creativity. By strengthening the link between theory and practice, it is aimed to raise awareness about different traditions in the history of documentary film, to ensure that they are inspired and to develop different approaches to the subject. While the student produces his creative documentary project within the course, innovation and originality will be encouraged in his approach to local stories.
Course Content
In this course, Creative Documentary will be discussed under five main headings as documentary idea development strategies; documentary storytelling as art; digital documentary filmmaking techniques; new documentary forms; distribution and financing.
Course Precondition
No
Resources
Creative Documentary: Theory and Practice. De Yong, Wilma. Routledge, 2011
Notes
Sinemaya Giriş: Belgesel. Saunders, Dave. Kolektif Kitap, 2014 Belgesel Sinemaya Giriş. Bill Nichols. Çev: Duygu Eruçman.İstanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi, 2017 Making Documentary Films and Videos: A Practical Guide to Planning, Filming, and Editing Documentaries - Berry Hampe Bir Belgeseli Gerçekleştirmek. Michael Rabiger, Çev: Çiğdem Asatekin, Feyyaz Şahin, Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2020
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Students learn and apply documentary idea development strategies. |
| LO02 | Learn and apply the pre-production process of the Creative Documentary. |
| LO03 | Completing the shooting and editing stages of the Creative Documentary, making the film ready to watch. |
| LO04 | Develops the ability to work individually and in groups. |
| LO05 | Can use the computer software required in her/his field to prepare the promotional materials of her work. |
| LO06 | Develops the ability to create creative and original work. |
| LO07 | Have information about Creative Documentary samples. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Graduates have advanced theoretical and practical knowledge supported by research methods and techniques applied in the field of radio, television and cinema and other sources. | 2 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Graduates have knowledge about different areas of communication. | |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Graduates have knowledge about program production and directing related to audio and visual broadcasting. | 3 |
| PLO04 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Graduates gain skills in writing various forms of scripts and producing programs for cinema, television and radio. | 5 |
| PLO05 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Graduates gain critical thinking and interpretation skills in the field of radio, television and cinema. | 4 |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Graduates have the knowledge of thinking in different disciplines of social sciences and adapting them to their own specialisation through research. | 5 |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Graduates gain the ability to plan and organize all kinds of content for audio-visual activities from design to editing and broadcasting. | 5 |
| PLO08 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Graduates establish a connection between art, aesthetics, law and general culture knowledge related to the field. | 4 |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Graduates have know-how and skills about production and broadcasting technologies. | 4 |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Graduates work both individually and as a team in the field. | 5 |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Graduates are able to follow social problems at national and international level and adapt them to professional studies. | 3 |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Graduates gain the competence of using communication technologies, monitoring changes and continuous self-improvement. | 3 |
| PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Graduates participate in various social, cultural and artistic activities in the field. | 3 |
| PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Graduates are able to carry out the tasks expected from him/her as a team member in the applications in his/her field with an interdisciplinary perspective. | 5 |
| PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Graduates are able to use information and communication technologies together with the computer software required by the field. | 5 |
| PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Graduates produce visual and audio content with the scientific formation acquired. | 5 |
| PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Graduates can analyze a film, a script or a television program from a technical, aesthetic and ideological perspective. | 4 |
| PLO18 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Graduates are committed to ethical principles in their professional practice, free from prejudice and against discrimination. | 3 |
| PLO19 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Graduates support the universality of social and cultural rights, gains awareness of social justice, protects cultural heritage. | 4 |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Graduates prepare working environments such as studio and set in accordance with quality management processes and occupational health/safety. | 4 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meeting and Information About Course Content | Reading: De Yong, Wilma. Creative Documentary: Theory and Practice. Routledge, 2011 | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
| 2 | Basic Concepts of Creative Documentary | Reading: Saunders, Dave. Sinemaya Giriş: Belgesel. Kolektif Kitap, 2014 | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
| 3 | Documentary Idea Development Strategies | Reading: Belgesel Sinemaya Giriş. Bill Nichols. Çev: Duygu Eruçman.İstanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi, 2017 | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Gösteri |
| 4 | Documentary Storytelling as Art | Reading: De Yong, Wilma. Creative Documentary: Theory and Practice. Routledge, 2011 | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Gösteri, Soru-Cevap |
| 5 | Digital Documentary Filmmaking Techniques | Reading: Making Documentary Films and Videos: A Practical Guide to Planning, Filming, and Editing Documentaries - Berry Hampe | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri |
| 6 | New Documentary Forms; Evaluation of Creative Documentary Suggestions | Reading: Belgesel Sinemaya Giriş. Bill Nichols. Çev: Duygu Eruçman.İstanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi, 2017 | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri, Gösterip Yaptırma, Grup Çalışması |
| 7 | Distribution & Financing & Funding; Evaluation of Creative Documentary Suggestions | Reading: Bir Belgeseli Gerçekleştirmek. Michael Rabiger, Çev: Çiğdem Asatekin, Feyyaz Şahin, Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2020 | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri, Grup Çalışması |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | - | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Proje / Tasarım |
| 9 | Shooting phase -1- | Practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Gösterip Yaptırma, Grup Çalışması |
| 10 | Shooting phase -2- | Practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma, Grup Çalışması |
| 11 | Rough Cut -1- | Practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma, Grup Çalışması, Proje Temelli Öğrenme |
| 12 | Rough Cut -2- | Practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Gösterip Yaptırma, Grup Çalışması, Proje Temelli Öğrenme |
| 13 | Sound Editing & Preparation of Promotional Materials for Creative Documentary Projects | Practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Gösterip Yaptırma, Grup Çalışması, Proje Temelli Öğrenme |
| 14 | Final Editing & Preparation of Promotional Materials for Creative Documentary Projects | Practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Gösterip Yaptırma, Grup Çalışması, Proje Temelli Öğrenme |
| 15 | Presentation and Evaluation of Final Projects | Practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Proje Temelli Öğrenme |
| 16 | Term Exams | - | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Proje / Tasarım, Jüri Değerlendirmesi |
| 17 | Term Exams | - | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Proje / Tasarım, Jüri Değerlendirmesi |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 114 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 4,56 | ||
| ECTS | 5 ECTS | ||