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FILM AND TELEVISION
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
VCD3123 Corporate Identity Design Spring 2 2 3 5
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: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İPEK TORUN
Course Lecturer(s): Instructor MATİLDE WOL
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: The primary objectives of this course are to give students the theoretical knowledge and practical design skills associated with the creation and maintenance of a corporate visual identity. Students develop critical interpersonal communication, analytical and design skills connected with the process of designing a corporate identity package for a client.
Students investigate the use of symbols, the psychological implications of colour and typographic communications in relation to their application across a broad spectrum of surfaces and materials.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Analyze world brands and typography
2) Discussing corporate needs
3) Review brands theoretical principles
4) Define the parts of the logotype
5) Review brands design principles
6) Execute stationery’s structures
7) Identify the needs for corporate analysis
8) Execute corporate standards manual

Course Content

Analysis of the brands, logo design, corporate identity manual topics are discussed.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the course and syllabus review. CW: Course requirements. HW: Providing examples of different sector’s brands
2) Creating an Identity CW: Analysing world brands and typografy HW: Choosing sector
3) Students will conduct a corporate needs analysis and work on preliminary concepts CW: Discusing corporate needs / logo’s drafts HW: Providing examples of Turkish brands
4) Research/Chossing a brand (different for each student) CW: Brand analogies /preparing logotype alternatives
5) Presenting concepts and pre-resolved designs CW: Preparing logotype alternatives HW: Logo’s fine tunning
6) Presentation & Critique: Depth & clarity of analysis- Originality & visual impact- Practicality of the mark – CW: Logo’s fine tunning HW: Preparing booklet
7) Review Presentation of the booklet(A4): Logotype: black-white, color, minimal size, background usages
8) Research/Chossing a brand (same for all the students) CW: Research /brand analogies. HW: Preparing first alternatives
9) Introduction to related trade services, information on copyright laws, registration of trademarks, business structures, documents, signage and stationery design. CW: Logotype’s fine tunning HW: Creating stationery’s structure
10) Conducting a corporate needs analysis and work on preliminary concepts (1) CW: Corporate analysis/ stationery’s structures HW: Preparing stationary and merchandise
11) Conducting a corporate needs analysis and work on preliminary concepts (2) CW: Researching various corporate identity manuals
12) Producing a draft corporate standards manual for the guidance of persons charged with the application and control of the identity.
13) Producing the final corporate standards manual suitable for inclusion in their portfolio.
14) Corporate Standards manual presentation

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Ders Anlatımları , Kütüphane & Site Araştırmaları, Tartışmalar, Sunumlar, Uygulamalar Lectures , Library& Site Researches, Discussions, Demonstrations, Applications
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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 15 % 20
Presentation 1 % 25
Midterms 1 % 25
Final 1 % 30
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 30
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Application 14 28
Midterms 14 28
Final 13 26
Total Workload 124

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) 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 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 1
4) Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey 1
5) Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product 2
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
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 3
12) Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility 5