At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn what is script in cinema and television. 2) Understand the function and importance of script in a production. 3) Know the processes of a script and by learning script writing rules, put these learnings into practice.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
None
COURSE DEFINITION
Within this course, it is aimed to teach authentic formal features and rules of a audiovisual production by learning contextual-formal stages of a script while scripting for a television production, a motion picture or a commercial video. For that purpose, there will be exercices about all elements of visual language - such as being able to use imagination in accordance wtih cinema and television's structure that is capable of using space and time as a plastic material and perpetuate the dramatical structure - from the stage of finding a idea to the stage of writing and visualisation.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction to Script.
2nd Week
Key Elements of a Script.
3rd Week
The Structure of Narrative and Story.
4th Week
Traditional Dramatical Structure / Conflict - Complication - Resolution.
5th Week
Basic Concept of Story and Basic Applications of Story Design.
6th Week
Applications of Finding Different Story Structures, Basic Stories and Conflicts Starting the Story.
7th Week
Main Components of a Script and Points to Consider While Script Writing.
8th Week
Midterm
9th Week
Formal and Contextual Working Stages of a Script, Writing Cinematographic Subject/ Synopsis and Treatment.
10th Week
Continuity / Sequence and Stage Study.
11th Week
Preparation of Shooting Script and Story Board.
12th Week
Working on Sample Shoting Scripts Prepared for Television.
13th Week
Working on Sample Shoting Scripts Prepared for Cinema.
14th Week
Demonstrating the Process of Visualisation by Comparative Viewing of a Film with its Script.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
SENARYO VE YAPIM Mahmut Tali Öngören, Alan Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1985.
SENARYO YAZARI OLMAK Feridun Akyürek, MediaCat Kitapları, İstanbul, 2004.
THE NONBROADCAST TELEVISION WRITER'S HANDBOOK William Van Nonstran, Knowlwdge Industry Publications, Inc. NY, 1983.
ELEMENTS OF STYLE FOR SCREENWRITERS The Essential Manual for Writers of Screenplays, Paul Argentini, IFilm Publishing, Lone Eagle Publising. Co., USA, New York, 1998.
THE SCREEN-WRITER?S WORKBOOK Syd FIELD, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., USA, New York, 1984.
WRITERS AT THE MOVIES ? TWENTY-SIX - CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS CELEBRATE, TWENTY SIX MEMORABLE MOVIES, Edited by Jım Shepard, Perennial An Imprint of Harper Collins Publihers, New York, 2000.
SCREENWRITING Ray Frensham, Printed in Great Britain for Hodder&Stoughton Educational, a division of Hodder Headline Ltd., London, 2003.
OYUN VE SENARYO YAZMA TEKNİĞİ Turgut Özakman, Bilgi Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1998.
SENARYO KURAMI Semir Aslanyürek, Pan Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1998.
TELEVİZYON YAZARLIĞI Gerald Kelsey, Çeviren: Bahar Öcal Düzgören, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001.
BİR SENARYO YAZMAK Michael Chion, Çeviren. Nedret Tanyolaç, Afa Sinema Yayınları, İstanbul, 1997.
SENARYO YAZIMI DERS NOTLARI H. Hale KÜNÜÇEN, Gazi Üniversitesi ve Başkent Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi (1994 - 2013).
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Practice
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
30
Assignment
1
10
Total(%)
60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
40
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
1
2
2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam
1
60
60
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
50
50
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
2
2
Homework
1
2
2
Total Workload
158
Total Workload / 30
5,26
ECTS Credits of the Course
5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
