PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
FTV3943	Directing	Spring Fall	3	0	3	10

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Prof. Dr. NİLAY ULUSOY
Course Lecturer(s):	Instructor MELİK SARAÇOĞLU Prof. Dr. HASAN KEMAL SUHER
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	Major concentration of this course is to lead students to understand and practice the profession of directing and its craft during narrative filmmaking process. All three phases of production (preproduction, production, post production) and directors practice as a craftsman during these processes is covered. The course also positions and describes the craft of directing in different types of production such as music videos, tv commercials, tv serials and feature films. Instead of a theoretical understanding of a director, the chief aim is to describe all the steps of filmmaking and “what director does” at all these steps in the light of film industry facts.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1.Gain the ability to collaborate with other craftsmen during filmmaking process ( editor, director of photographer, production designer, etc.…) and demonstrate full control on necessary knowledge and common film industry language in order to do this collaboration internationally
2. Will be able to recognize different approaches of storytelling constructed by masters of directing craft.
3. Demonstrate the ability to design mise-en-scene in order to communicate with emotion system.
4. Demonstrate the ability to conceptualize and visualize any kind of story in any kind of medium.
5. Gain the ability to produce visual dramatic approach to any kind of written script and shoot it with a style.
6. Illustrate the ability to transfer emotion systems into film from other art forms.
7. Recognize all aspects of visual story telling.

Course Content

Major concentration of this course is to lead students to understand and practice the profession of directing and its craft during narrative filmmaking process.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	What is story and who is director as a storyteller?
2)	Visual story telling tools used by the director.
3)	Director’s approach to script, characters of the story, rhythm of the story, crucial elements of the story in order to shoot
4)	Breaking-down a script and designing emotional rhythm.
5)	Designing visual system and all components of it. Other art forms to collaborate.
6)	Designing a shot with using graphic components in order to create dramatic tension. All considerations to make a coverage on a scene.
7)	What is art? What is Craft?: Two masters of craft; Alfred Hitchcock and Ridley Scott. Society, culture and target audience.
8)	Director’s preparations before story boarding, pre-visualizing, working with storyboards. Pre production.
9)	Narrative use of light, camera and working with a director of photography. Comparison between film and digital.
10)	All steps of casting process and working techniques with the actors.
11)	Directing music videos.
12)	Working with a producer. Budget, production team, limitations, timetable, responsibilities of a director. Ways to fail a production.
13)	Introduction to advanced blocking.
14)	Advanced staging with actors.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

References:

1. Full filmography of Alfred Hitchcock, Ridley Scott and Ingmar Bergman
2. Film Theory and Criticism (edited by Leo Braudy Marshall Cohen),
3. The Film Director (Richard L. Bare),
4. Film structure and Emotion System (greg m smith).
5. 5 C’s of cinematography (joseph v. marcelli),
6. Cinema and Painting (Angela Dalle Vaccabe ),
7. Passionate Views- Film cognition, and emotion (edited by Carl Plantinga and Greg M Smith),

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Homework Assignments	2	% 20
Presentation	2	% 20
Project	1	% 20
Final	1	% 30
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	13	12	156
Presentations / Seminar	2	3	6
Project	1	20	20
Homework Assignments	2	11	22
Final	1	4	4
Total Workload			250

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Knowledge of photographic and video media and ability to use basic, intermediate and advanced techniques of these media.
2)	Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate theories, concepts and uses of photography and video.
3)	Ability to employ theoretical knowledge in the areas of the use of photography and video.
4)	Familiarity with and ability to review the historical literature in theoretical and practical studies in photography and video.
5)	Ability in problem solving in relation to projects in photography and video.
6)	Ability to generate innovative responses to particular and novel requirements in photography and video.
7)	Understanding and appreciation of the roles and potentials of the image across visual culture
8)	Ability to communicate distinctively by means of photographic and video images.
9)	Experience of image post-production processes and ability to develop creative outcomes through this knowledge.
10)	Knowledge of and ability to participate in the processes of production, distribution and use of photography and video in the media.
11)	Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate global, regional and local problematics in visual culture.
12)	Knowledge of and ability to make a significant contribution to the goals of public communication.
13)	Enhancing creativity via interdisciplinary methods to develop skills for realizing projects.
14)	Gaining general knowledge about the points of intersection of communication, art and technology.