| Course Objectives: |
This class aims to introduce students to two critical concepts, narrative and genre, that allow us to understand how stories in media are organized, presented, and received. Starting with a history of storytelling forms originating in oral narration, we will cover stories not only from literature but also from various contemporary media. Apart from a historical survey of storytelling, we will take a look at what a genre is and how genres are differentiated. Then, a series of examples chosen from cinema will be presented in an attempt to exemplify how genres are differentiated and how they are related to further theoretical perspectives concerning media studies. |
| Course Content: |
As a vital creative endeavor of the mankind, storytelling has been the main mechanism of communication in many different contexts. This class deals with how stories are conceived and constructed, what they tell and represent, how they are performed and told, what are the basic forms and types of them, and what we can make of them. |
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Related Preparation |
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Introduction to the Class, Introduction to Narrative Theory, Once upon a time – openings
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What is Narrative? Plot and Story, Todorov and Narrative Structure, |
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Propp’s Narrative Functions, Levi-Strauss and Binary Oppositions, Barthes: Structural Analysis of Narratives
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Barthes’s Narrative Codes, A History of Narrative, Aristotle’s Theory of Art, The Oral Tradition, Nietszche’s “The Birth of Tragedy”
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Shakespeare, The Novel, Romanticism, Modernism, Postmodernism, |
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| 6) |
Theory of Narrative continued, General review for the midterm
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Midterm exam
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| 8) |
Film and Script, Introduction of 3 Act Structure, General Concepts on Screenwriting
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| 9) |
3 Act Structure Continued, 1st Act, Set-up, Inciting Incident, discussion and examples |
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3 Act Structure, Character arcs, 2nd and 3rd act, film screening an applying three act structure
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| 11) |
Introduction to Genre Theory, film genres 1- iconography, time and space, characters, aesthetics- Film Noir
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| 12) |
Non-realistic Genres – Science fiction, Cyberpunk
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Popular Culture Genres (Television, Movies, Video and Books)- Melodrama
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| 14) |
General Review |
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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 |
5 |
| 2) |
Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art |
5 |
| 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 |
4 |
| 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 |
3 |
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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 |
3 |
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Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations |
3 |
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Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages |
3 |
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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 |
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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 |
5 |
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Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility |
3 |
BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
