FILM AND TELEVISION | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | FTV2953 | ||||||||
Ders İsmi: | Documentary Film Making | ||||||||
Ders Yarıyılı: | Fall | ||||||||
Ders Kredileri: |
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Language of instruction: | English | ||||||||
Ders Koşulu: | |||||||||
Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?: | No | ||||||||
Type of course: | Must Course | ||||||||
Course Level: |
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ELENI VARMAZI | ||||||||
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi FUNDA KAYA |
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Course Assistants: |
Course Objectives: | This course focuses on the principles of documentary film production. Students will be introduced to the theoretical analysis and practical methods of documentary filmmaking. We will watch several documentary films, analyze them and explore the pre-production, production and post-production processes and techniques for documentary film production. The final films will be screened at a prestigious venue in Istanbul. Selected films might compete in national and international documentary film festivals. |
Course Content: | In this course, basic and intermediate techniques of documentary film making will be evaluated. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to documentary film. (Watching internationally acclaimed documentaries) | Arranging student documentary groups (up to 3 people) |
2) | Learning the theoretical principles of non-fiction filmmaking & documentary modes | |
3) | Writing a proposal for a short/medium length documentary film | (Watching & analyzing internationally acclaimed documentaries) |
4) | Discussing and re-shaping the submitted proposals, learning how to approach subjects, access & permissions | (Watching & analyzing internationally acclaimed documentaries) |
5) | Demonstrating the technical approach, i.e., interview techniques. Students filming on the field | (Watching student documentaries) |
6) | Screening in-class raw (unedited) footage and interviews, commenting & analyzing students’ raw footage | |
7) | Screening in-class raw (unedited) footage and interviews, commenting & analyzing students’ raw footage | |
8) | Collecting general footage, archival material (if necessary) for the documentary films. | (Watching & analyzing internationally acclaimed documentaries) |
9) | Storytelling Methods, learning how to construct a dramatic narrative arc Handing in midterm documentary film analysis papers | (Watching & analyzing internationally acclaimed documentaries) |
10) | Screening rough cuts of the documentary films. Technical and theoretical commentary on the rough cuts | |
11) | Screening rough cuts of the documentary films. Technical and theoretical commentary on the rough cuts | |
12) | Working on the narrative arc of the students’ documentaries. | (Watching & analyzing internationally acclaimed documentaries) |
13) | Editing and fine-tuning students’ documentaries (collecting more general footage and interviews if necessary) | |
14) | Screening the final documentary films. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | |
References: | -Directing the Documentary (Fourth Edition), Michael Rabiger, Focal Press, 2004 -Introduction to Documentary, Bill Nichols, Indiana University Press, 2001 |
Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları | |||||||||||
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Program Outcomes | |||||||||||
1) Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society | |||||||||||
2) Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art | |||||||||||
3) Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area | |||||||||||
4) Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey | |||||||||||
5) Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product | |||||||||||
6) Being able to write a script ready to be shot | |||||||||||
7) Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment | |||||||||||
8) Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations | |||||||||||
9) Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages | |||||||||||
10) Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage | |||||||||||
11) Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white | |||||||||||
12) Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society | 5 |
2) | Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art | 3 |
3) | Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area | 4 |
4) | Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey | 5 |
5) | Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product | 5 |
6) | Being able to write a script ready to be shot | |
7) | Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment | |
8) | Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations | 5 |
9) | Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages | 5 |
10) | Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage | 5 |
11) | Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white | 3 |
12) | Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility | 4 |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 20 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | % 20 |
Project | 1 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 87 |
Project | 1 | 20 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | 22 |
Final | 1 | 4 |
Total Workload | 175 |