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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
ANIMATION FILM THEORY ANI457 - 2 + 2 5

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Associate Professor İclal Alev Değim Flannagan
Assistant Professor Mustafa Erman Demir
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Critical thinking
2) Thinking in context
3) Abilty to work in a particular subject limitations
4) Expressing conceptual thinking and thoughts verbally and visually.
5) Establishing and interpreting the history of animation film to today
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITIONThe course aims to provide students with the knowledge of animation film theories.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week What is "animated film language"? Interpreting movies.
2nd Week What kind of art is "animated film"? First years of the pictures. Animated film's contribution to the film history.
3rd Week European Animation Cinema, avangarde cinema, realism, surrealism.
4th Week Classic Hollywood Animations, Screening: Kubo and Two Strings
5th Week Independent Animated Films, Screening: Quay Brothers
6th Week Genre in Animated Films, Screening: Coraline
7th Week Style, cinematography, editing, sound.
8th Week Introduction to Film Theories, auteur; feminist; formalist; Marxist; structuralist; screen; gaze; star, egpersonification, impersonation; psychoanalytical film theory; genre theory
9th Week Film Theories. Auteur Theory Screening: Weekend, Godard Realist Theory and Formalist Theory Screening: Umberto D (DeSica, 1952) Genre Critisism
10th Week How to criticize Animated films?
11th Week Project
12th Week Project
13th Week Project
14th Week Project
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGBir Film Nasıl Okunur, James Monaco, Oğlak Yayınları?Film Sanatı
David Bordwell , Kristin Thompson
Deki Yayınları Sessiz Sinema, Nilgün Abisel
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion,Practice,Presentation,Project,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term140
Total(%)40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)60
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam133
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work14228
Preparation for Final exam11414
Course hours14456
Preparation for Midterm exam11414
Laboratory (including preparation)4416
Final exam133
Homework7321
Total Workload155
Total Workload / 305,16
ECTS Credits of the Course5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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