FILM AND TELEVISION | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | FTV2934 | ||||||||
Ders İsmi: | Narration in Film and TV | ||||||||
Ders Yarıyılı: |
Fall Spring |
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Ders Kredileri: |
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Language of instruction: | English | ||||||||
Ders Koşulu: | |||||||||
Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?: | No | ||||||||
Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||||||
Course Level: |
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. NİLAY ULUSOY | ||||||||
Course Lecturer(s): |
Instructor MELİK SARAÇOĞLU |
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Course Assistants: |
Course Objectives: | Upon completion of the course, students will learn fundamental principles of narration in detail and comprehend how storytelling is formed, presented and recepted in feature film and television media. |
Course Content: | Film genres and screenplay relationship, develop a story idea, dramaturgical techniques, character development, motivation, dialogue, adaptation screenplay, visual storytelling, writing a synopsis, complete the story outline and write feature film |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Course overview, meeting with the class, Basic principles of storytelling | |
2) | Narration in moving image | |
3) | What is narration? Todorov and Propp's narration structures. | |
4) | History of storytelling | |
5) | Theories of narration | |
6) | Narrative codes of Roland Barthes | |
7) | Understanding ideology in narration | |
8) | Genre and narration in fiction film | |
9) | Genre and narration in fiction film- continued | |
10) | Narration in television series | |
11) | Genre and narration in television series | |
12) | Contemporary technological developments and their impacts on narration- TV platforms | |
13) | Contemporary technological developments and their impacts on narration- game technologies, social media | |
14) | Overview of the topics |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Lacey, Nick. Narrative and Genre: Key Concepts in Media Studies. (New York: St Martins Press, 2000) |
References: | David Bordwell, Narration in the Fiction Film (University of Wisconsin Press, 1985) |
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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 | 4 |
2) | Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art | 4 |
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 | 3 |
5) | Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product | 3 |
6) | Being able to write a script ready to be shot | 2 |
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 | 2 |
8) | Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations | 4 |
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 | 3 |
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 |
Homework Assignments | 4 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 11 | 5 | 55 |
Homework Assignments | 4 | 6 | 24 |
Midterms | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Final | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Total Workload | 128 |