FILM AND TELEVISION
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

Course Code:

FTV3964

Ders İsmi:

Documentary Workshop

Ders Yarıyılı:

Fall
Spring

Ders Kredileri:

Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
3	0	3	5

Language of instruction:

English

Ders Koşulu:

Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?:

Type of course:

Departmental Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Course Coordinator :

Prof. Dr. NİLAY ULUSOY

Course Lecturer(s):

Instructor MELİK SARAÇOĞLU

Course Assistants:

Dersin Amaç ve İçeriği

Course Objectives:	The course's goals are to help you understand documentary as a complex form with a variety of techniques and genres, to place that diversity in historical and social contexts, and to expose you to some analytical methods for studying your own and other filmmakers' work.
Course Content:	The course is formed of two sections; while the students will be informed of the history of the genre they will also make their own short documentary film.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;

Learning Outcomes

1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Ders Akış Planı

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Exploring the concept of documentary film, situating documentary film in social sciences
2)	Social, political and historical issues to documentary film, examples - film analysis, coursework discussion
3)	Social, political and historical issues to documentary film, examples - film analysis, coursework discussion
4)	An idea film project. Proposal/Treatment/Synopsis writing. Pitching.
5)	Assessment of the observation homework (photo essay). Pitching: presentation of the film idea on the course.
6)	Assessment of the observation homework (photo essay). Pitching: presentation of the film idea on the course.
7)	Interviewing: exercises, interview analysis. Finalizing treatment, further pre-production activities: filming schedule, locations, characters, schedule, etc.
8)	Technical preparations: sound and camera control. Camera exercises.
9)	Technical preparation: editing, using Final Cut Pro.
10)	Post-production: transcript editing, preparing filmlogs, script editing, rough cutting, fine cutting. Roundtable.
11)	Post-production: transcript editing, preparing filmlogs, script editing, rough cutting, fine cutting. Roundtable.
12)	Common assessment of the video projects
13)	Common assessment of the video projects
14)	evaluation of the whole period and farewell

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:
References:

Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi

Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları
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

Ders - Öğrenme Kazanımı İlişkisi

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
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	3
4)	Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey	3
5)	Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product	4
6)	Being able to write a script ready to be shot	3
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	4
8)	Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations	3
9)	Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages	3
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	2
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

Öğrenme Etkinliği ve Öğretme Yöntemleri

Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Yöntemleri ve Kriterleri

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Project	2	% 30
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
Total		% 100

İş Yükü ve AKTS Kredisi Hesaplaması

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	11	3	33
Project	2	21	42
Midterms	1	4	4
Final	1	4	4
Total Workload			125