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)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) develop an understanding of the various concepts and methods used in memory studies and essay film. 2) get experience in media productions with a spirit of an essay writer. 3) learn to produce works that combines several audio-visual material (photograph, animation, sound, illustration, found images etc.).
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None.
COURSE DEFINITION	This interdisciplinary course that combines both practice and theory, concentrates on memory studies and the hybrid genre of essay film. The forms that approach the images and concepts of production critically; different usages of various visual and audio material such as photograph, video, animation, sound, illustration, found image and found footage are explained within the context of works of the pioneer directors of memory and photo essay and essay films are produced by the means of the theoretical knowledge.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to the course 2nd Week Memory 3rd Week Memory and image 4th Week Memory and film 5th Week Found image 6th Week Found footage 7th Week Essay film I 8th Week Mid-term exam 9th Week Visualizing words: Transforming text to film 10th Week The skin of the film 11th Week Project Design I: Subjective video essay 12th Week Project Design II: Method 13th Week Project Design III: Project proposal presentation 14th Week Project Design VI: Discussion
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Alter, Nora. (2007) "Translating the Essay into Film and Installation", Journal of Visual Culture, 6(1). Boyarin, Jonathan (ed.) Remapping Memory: The Politics of Time and Space Beckman, Karen; Ma, Jean (2008) Still Moving: Between Cinema and Photography, Duke University Press Books Corrigan, Timothy (2011) The Essay Film: From Montaigne, After Marker, Oxford University Press Corrigan, Timothy (2008) "The Forgotten Image Between Two Shots": Photos, Photograms, and the Essayistic? Still Moving: Between Cinema and Photography, ed. Karen Beckman and Jean Ma, Duke University Press. Citron, Michelle (1998) Home Movies and Other Necessary Fictions, University of Minnesota Press. Lebow, Alisa (2012) The Cinema of Me: The Self and Subjectivity in First Person Documentary, Wallflower Press. Marks, Laura. (2000) The Skin of the Film: Intercultural Cinema, Embodiment, and the Senses. Duke University Press, Mitchell, W.J.T. "What Happened to the Essay" the Chicago Tribune on-line site Proust, Marcel. (2005). In Search of Lost Time. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin trans. London: Vintage Books. Rascaroli, Laura (2008) The Essay Film: Problems, Definitions, Textual Commitments, The Journal of Cinema and Media, 49:2, 24-47 Russell, Catherine (1999) Experimental Ethnography: The Work of Film in the Age of Video, Duke University Press Books Terdiman, Richard. (1993) Present Past: Modernity and the Memory Crisis. Cornell University Press. Warren, Charles (1996) Beyond Document: Essays on Nonfiction Film, Middletown,CT: Wesleyan Univesity Press.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Practice,Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 10 Assignment 3 30 Project 1 50 Attendance 1 10 Total(%) 100 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No