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
FTV2926	Digital Storytelling	Fall	3	0	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:	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 BORA GÖKŞİNGÖL
Course Objectives:	This course aims to show how meaning is created in digital media by studying the fundamental rules of the grammar of cinema. Starting with the general aspects of narrative theories, the course will move on to take each basic component of mise-en-scene and cinematography and explain how they are used to convey information in digital media's narrative structures, especially in videogames'.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Have knowledge about contemporary narrative techniques.
2) Analyze new media products and obtain new gains.
3) Gain the ability to research and interpret the visual language and visual language formations.
4) Learn about the stimulation of emotions with visual expression.

Course Content

Digital Storytelling course examines the theoretical information on new media products in detail and aims to inform students about narrative techniques in current and different media.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction
2)	Contemporary narrative practices
3)	Basic literary theories
4)	Film and narrative language
5)	Play and computer games
6)	Properties of digital media
7)	Narrative in computer games
8)	Midterm presentations
9)	Film and computer games
10)	Sound and Editing
11)	Cinematography
12)	Mise-en-scene I
13)	Mise-en-scene II
14)	Final presentations

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

1. Salen, K., Tekinbaş, K. S., & Zimmerman, E. (2004). Rules of play: Game design fundamentals. MIT press.
2. Aarseth, E. J. (1997). Cybertext: Perspectives on ergodic literature. JHU Press.
3. Murray, J. H., & Murray, J. H. (2017). Hamlet on the holodeck: The future of narrative in cyberspace. MIT press.
4. Bordwell, D., Thompson, K., & Smith, J. (1993). Film art: An introduction (Vol. 7). New York: McGraw-Hill.

References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Presentation	2	% 30
Project	2	% 30
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 30
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 70
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	13	3	39
Presentations / Seminar	2	3	6
Project	2	20	40
Final	1	4	4
Total Workload			131

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	3
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	3
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	3
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	3
8)	Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations	2
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	2
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	4