TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Nihan Gider Işıkman
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) know the general characteristics and all the production steps of documentary. 2) gain the ability of using knowledge in practice, designing a project and realizing. 3) can analyze a documentary through a critical perspetive
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None.
COURSE DEFINITION	In this course, production process of documentary film making will be covered. Titles like, definition of documentary, documentarist, ethical aspects, reality and its recording, presentation and representation etc. will be analyzed through sample documentary films of different forms and structures.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Definition and aim of documentary 2nd Week Documentary film maker, ethics in documentary, mission and importance 3rd Week Reality in documentary, presentation and representation 4th Week World documentary history 5th Week Documentary history in Turkey 6th Week Documentary types through their production and component properties 7th Week How to find a subject, process of establishment of a project 8th Week Mid Term Exam 9th Week Project file; proposition 10th Week Pre production 11th Week Production; crew and public relations, interview, preperation, shooting and after the shooting 12th Week Documentary Narration; audio and visual narrative elements 13th Week Documentary Narration; Editing 14th Week Financing
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Adalı, Bilgin. Belgesel Sinema. İstanbul: Hil Yayınları, 1986. Aufderheide, Patricia. Documentary Film, A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2007. Austin, T. (Ed.). Rethinking Documentary: New Perspectives, New Practices. McGraw-Hill Education, 2008. Cereci, Sedat. Belgesel Film. İstanbul: Şule Yayınları, 1997. Ellis, J. C., Betsy A. McLane. A New History of Documentary Film. A&C Black, 2005. Gündeş, Simten. Belgesel Filmin Yapısal Gelişimi: Türkiye?ye Yansıması,İstanbul: Alfa Yay., 1998. MacDougall, D., L.Taylor. Transcultural Cinema. Princeton University Press, 1998. Nichols, Bill. Introduction to Documentary. Indiana University Press, 2010. Nichols, Bill. Representing reality: Issues and Concepts in Documentary. Vol. 681. Indiana University Press 1991. Öcel, Nilüfer Pembecioğlu. Belgesel Film Üstüne Yazılar. Ankara: Babil Yay.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Presentation,Practice
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No