At the end of this course, the students; 1) Recognize basic components of image, aesthetic elements of cinema; learn their functions.
2) Learn the importance of image in cinema, how to edit and compose an image.
3) Gain practice/experience of image-editing.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION
To create meaning in cinema, the components of cinematography will be focused in an advanced level and will be reinforced with practical works.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Art,artist,piece of art, concept of beauty. Concept of aesthetic and relating it with visual arts.
2nd Week
Visual and auditıry perception. Importance of the way display and audio is created.
3rd Week
The use and importance of visiual elements in display.Relation of image-reality between cinema,television and photograph.Objectiveness and the comment on object: Using creatitvity of camera and audio
4th Week
Functions of the image in the cinema. Picture composition: Description and aims.
5th Week
Visualization and picturization. Movement in the process of display.
6th Week
Frame ,framing, effective elements of framing, the technique of framing.
7th Week
Midterm
8th Week
Scene unision:position,view and unision of movement and the rule of scene line, Concentrating the visual attention to a certain spot and shifting the audience to the center of attraction.
9th Week
Usage of "triangle theory" at positioning of cameras and basic usages of triangle theory.
10th Week
Basic trunk and camera positioning at picture composition of scenes with dialogue.
11th Week
Visual balance. Functions of camera as a communication instrument.
12th Week
Visual photographic elements at picture composition (form, line, texture, tone, colour, etc.)
13th Week
The two structural areas of visual aesthetic:Image and audio.
14th Week
Audio,basic elements of audio and function of audio,relation between image and audio as an aesthetic energy.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Çerkes Karadağ. Görme Kültürü: Görüntüler Evreni. Doruk Yayımcılık, Ankara, 2004.
Herbert Read. Sanatın Anlamı. (Çev. Güner İnal ve Nuşin Asgari), ikinci baskı, İstanbul, 1974.
Herbert Zettl. Sight Sound Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics. California:Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1973. Levend Kılıç. Görüntü Estetiği. İnkılap Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2000. Robert Edmonds. The Sights and Sounds of Cinema and Television: How the Aesthetic Experience Influence Our Feelings. New York: Teachers College Press, 1982. Seyide Parsa. Televizyon Estetiği. Ege Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Yayınları, Yayın No: 6, Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi, İzmir, 1994. Susan Sontag. Fotoğraf Üzerine. (Çev. Reha Akçakaya,), Altıkırkbeş Yayınları, İstanbul, 1993. Video Sanatı: Eleştirel bir bakış. Derleyen: Levend Kılıç. Hil Yayın, İstanbul, 1995.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Practice
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Assignment
1
40
Project
1
40
Attendance
1
20
Total(%)
100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
0
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours
14
4
56
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework
1
40
40
Project
1
55
55
Field Research
1
10
10
Meeting with advisor
Total Workload
161
Total Workload / 30
5,36
ECTS Credits of the Course
5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)