| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction to documentary film.
(Watching internationally acclaimed documentaries) |
Arranging student documentary groups (up to 3 people) |
| 2) |
Learning the theoretical principles of non-fiction filmmaking & documentary modes |
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| 3) |
Writing a proposal for a short/medium length documentary film
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(Watching & analyzing internationally acclaimed documentaries) |
| 4) |
Discussing and re-shaping the submitted proposals, learning how to approach subjects, access & permissions
|
(Watching & analyzing internationally acclaimed documentaries) |
| 5) |
Demonstrating the technical approach, i.e., interview techniques. Students filming on the field
|
(Watching student documentaries) |
| 6) |
Screening in-class raw (unedited) footage and interviews, commenting & analyzing students’ raw footage |
|
| 7) |
Screening in-class raw (unedited) footage and interviews, commenting & analyzing students’ raw footage |
|
| 8) |
Collecting general footage, archival material (if necessary) for the documentary films. |
(Watching & analyzing internationally acclaimed documentaries) |
| 9) |
Storytelling Methods, learning how to construct a dramatic narrative arc
Handing in midterm documentary film analysis papers |
(Watching & analyzing internationally acclaimed documentaries) |
| 10) |
Screening rough cuts of the documentary films. Technical and theoretical commentary on the rough cuts |
|
| 11) |
Screening rough cuts of the documentary films. Technical and theoretical commentary on the rough cuts |
|
| 12) |
Working on the narrative arc of the students’ documentaries.
|
(Watching & analyzing internationally acclaimed documentaries) |
| 13) |
Editing and fine-tuning students’ documentaries (collecting more general footage and interviews if necessary) |
|
| 14) |
Screening the final documentary films. |
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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 |
3 |
| 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 |
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 |
|
| 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 |
5 |
| 9) |
Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages |
5 |
| 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 |
3 |
| 12) |
Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility |
4 |
BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
