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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
HISTORY OF CINEMA RTS245 Third Term (Fall) 3 + 0 5

TYPE OF COURSE UNITCompulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY2
SEMESTERThird Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Associate Professor Çağdaş Emrah Çağlıyan
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Learn to evaluate the film in its historical-cultural context.
2) Comprehend a film (or movement) by considering its predecessor and sequent (the factors that led to the emergence of the film and the effect of the film on the history of cinema).
3) Gain the ability to associate cinema with world history, movements of thought and individual life.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONThe History of Cinema course is designed for students who want to have a solid background in the field of cinema and who want to associate films with both the period in which they were produced and other theoretical fields. In this context, attention will be drawn to the connection between the movements in the history of cinema, which will be covered in the course. In order to fully understand the periods and movements, sample films about each movement conferred in the course will be shown and discussed. The knowledge they will have after taking the course will also form the basis for the World Cinema History course, which is designed for those who want to deepen their knowledge of cinema.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Meet / Conditions that prepared the emergence of cinema / Film Screening: Edison, Lumiere Bros. And Melies. Discussion of realism and expressionism approaches in cinema in the context of these films.
2nd Week Pioneers of Silent Cinema in U.S.A.: D. W. Griffith, B. Keaton, C. Chaplin, E. Stroheim.
3rd Week Film Screening & Discussion: Gold Rush (C. Chaplin, 1925)
4th Week Sovyet Cinema ve Central Role of Editing.
5th Week Film Screening & Discussion: Battleship Potemkin (S. Eisenstein, 1925)
6th Week The Expressionist Tradition and the Rise of German Cinema
7th Week Film Screening & Discussion: M (F. Lang, 1930).
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Poetic Realism and 30's French Cinema
10th Week Film Screening & Discussion: Grand Illusion (J. Renoir, 1937)
11th Week The Development Process of the American Film Industry: Years of Depression.
12th Week The Development Process of the American Film Industry: Years of Cold War.
13th Week Film Screening & Discussion: Sunset Blvd. (Sunset Blvd, Billy Wilder, 1950).
14th Week Conditions that gave birth to modern cinema.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGTeksoy, Rekin, (2005) Rekin Teksoy'un Sinema Tarihi, İstanbul, Oğlak Yayıncılık. (zorunlu)
Monaco, James, (2007) Bir Film Nasıl Okunur?, çev. Ertan Yılmaz, İstanbul, Oğlak Yayıncılık. (zorunlu)
Kolker, Robert (2010), Değişen Bakış, çev. Ertan Yılmaz, Ankara, De Ki Yayınevi.
Bazin, Andre, () Sinema Nedir
Abisel, N. Sessiz Sinema, Ankara: De Ki Yayınevi.
DÜNYA SİNEMA TARİHİ, Editör: Geoffrey Nowell - Smith, Çeviren: Ahmet Fethi, Kabalcı Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2003
ÇAĞDAŞ SİNEMANIN SORUNLARI Andre Bazin,(Çev.: Nijat Özön), Bilgi Yayınevi, Ankara, 1966.
SİNEMA DERSLERİ Sergey M. Eisenstein, (Çev.: Engin Ayça), Hil Yayınları, İst,1986
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSDiscussion,Questions/Answers,Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term140
Total(%)40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)60
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam122
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam16060
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam15050
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam122
Homework
Total Workload156
Total Workload / 305,2
ECTS Credits of the Course5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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