At the end of this course, the students; 1) improves his/her analysing skills and gets abilities to write academic texts with relating their fields of interests. 2) learns how to relate films and other disciplines. 3) comprehends the differences between academic criticism and popular reading.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
None.
COURSE DEFINITION
Film Critics is designed for the students who are interested in cinema and willing to improve their analysing skills at competent level. Inthe course, film critics approaches will be studied by watching and establishing a mutual relations with suitable films.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction of the course
2nd Week
Examining the relations of film critics and philosophy / introduction to the sociological approach
3rd Week
Film screening about the sociological approach (12 Angry Men, Sidney Lumet, 1957)
4th Week
Examining the ideological approach
5th Week
Film screening about the ideological approach (They Live, John Carpenter, 1988)
6th Week
Examining the historical approach in the film critics / examining the cognitive approach in the film critics
7th Week
Discussing the semantics and semiology / examining the semiological approach in the film critics
8th Week
Mid-term exam
9th Week
Film screening about the semiological approach (Barton Fink, Ethan & Joel Coen, 1991)
10th Week
Discussing about the auteurs in the film history / examining the auteur approach in the film critics
11th Week
Film screening about the auteur approach (La Notte, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1961)
12th Week
Reading, discussing and interpreting of the homeworks
13th Week
Discussing the director choices for evaluating film, examining mis en scene criticism
14th Week
Final exam
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Kabadayı, Lale (2013) Film Eleştirisi, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul. Ryan, Michael; Kellner Douglas, (1997) Politik Kamera Çağdaş Hollywood Teksoy, Rekin. (2005) Rekin Teksoy'un Sinema Tarihi, İstanbul, Oğlak Yayıncılık. Adanır, Oğuz. (2003) Sinemada Anlam ve Anlatım, İstanbul, Alfa Yayınları. Büker, Seçil. (2010) Sinemada Anlam Yaratma, İstanbul, Hayalbaz Kitap. Monaco, James. (2007) Bir Film Nasıl Okunur?, çev. Ertan Yılmaz, İstanbul, Oğlak Yayıncılık. Read, Rupert; Goodenough, Jerry. (2005) Film as Philosophy, Great Britain, Palgrave Macmillan.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion,Case Study
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
30
Assignment
1
10
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
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)