| Course Objectives: |
The course is designed to introduce students to basic principles of video production. Going through phases of production such as pre-production, production and post-production students will have hands-on experience in the digital video production techniques, learn about cameras, basic camera movements, lighting, audio recording and editing. Discussions of theories and screenings of examples of production methods will help the students to develop a consciousness and an appreciation for video as a cinematic medium. The fundamental aesthetic and conceptual issues of video and filmmaking will be raised through discussions, exercises, assignments, projects and presentations. |
| Course Content: |
Students learn to structure an audio / visual project and write a synopsis. Students are introduced to the history of cinema, optical illusions, etc., pre-production processes such as writing the synopsis for a short film project. Students will be introduced to video production, directing styles and shooting with video. Camera, white balance, shutter speeds, exposure and adjustments. Students learn how to write a treatment and about the editing techniques and their history, support materials , camera movements, camera angles, types of cameras by doing exercise in class or in the studio. Students learn how to structure a linear or non-linear, a narrative or non-narrative structure to write a short script and about basic image formation, resolution and aspect ratio and picture quality
Students learn about composition to frame, how to create storyboards or photoboards and they are introduced to lighting equipment and the key concepts of light and colour. Students shoot their projects and learn about audio recording equipment and the functions of sound in cinema & video. Students write the script for final project
The TV studio and TV Live Broadcast Systems are introduced as well as linear and non-linear editing, off-line and on-line editing. Technical aspects of video making such as synchronization, titling, subtitling, special / visual effects, mixing etc. are covered in class as well.
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| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Orientation and introduction to the course |
Students will develop the ideas they want to pursue in their projects |
| 2) |
Media Aesthetics: Still Images, Visual Components
Contrast and affinity, Space, Line and Shape, Tone Color
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Reading Bruce Block "The Visual Story" (pp.1-167) |
| 3) |
Media Aesthetics: Moving Images
The Visual Components 2, Movement and Rhytm |
Reading Block (pp.167-221) |
| 4) |
An early history of photography and film. |
Reading Wyver (pp.5-19) |
| 5) |
The language of film: Narrative as formal system |
Reading: Bordwell & Thompson (pp.318-337)
Assignment: Analysis of the narrative structure of Moonrise Kingdom (2013). |
| 6) |
Film Genres,
Western, Horror, Musical |
Reading: Thompson & Bordwell (pp.318-337)
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| 7) |
Cinematography Workshop:
Camera
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| 8) |
Types of cameras, film formats. Camera movements. Depth of field. Framing, angles, shot sizes. |
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| 9) |
Cinematography Workshop:
Light
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Analyze the light design of a scene |
| 10) |
Editing Workshop |
Analysis of the editing of a sequence |
| 11) |
Midterm Project Presentations and Feedback |
Shooting and Editing for midterm project |
| 12) |
The theories on editing, Post Production Stages |
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| 13) |
The production chain: The tasks of crew, stages of production |
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| 14) |
Evaluation of the assignments and the final projects. Feedback: The projects, assignments and all the class/homework are given feedback on in detail. |
Preparation of the projects and uploading them. Finalization, correction and evaluation of the final assignments and final projects. |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: |
Course Reader will be provided. |
| References: |
1. Katz, Steven D. (1991), Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen, Focal Press
2. Pincus, Edward & Asher, Steven (2008), The Filmmaker’s Handbook,
3. A Comprehensive Guide For The Digital Age (includes New High Definition Formats) Plume / Penguin Putnam Inc.
4. Zettl, Herbert (2010), Sight Sound Motion, Wadsworth Publishing
5. Eisenstein, Sergei (1969), Film Form & The Film Sense, Harvard Books
6. Arnheim, Rudolf (1989), Film As Art, University of California Press
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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 |
5 |
| 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 |
5 |
| 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 |
5 |
| 8) |
Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations |
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| 9) |
Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages |
4 |
| 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 |
4 |
| 12) |
Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility |
5 |
BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
