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
FTV2948	Short Film Workshop	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:	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 AYKUT ALP ERSOY
Course Objectives:	This course is directed towards to build both technical and creative skills of students to produce a short film. The aim of the course compromises the identification of production departments on location and studio fields. Comprehension for the phases of short video production is performed over the hands on work on individual projects.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Gain the ability to produce a short video.
2) Will be able to identify the departments and phases of film production.
3) Will be able to identify the departments and phases of post-production.
4) Will be able to apply directing techniques on short video.
5) Gain the ability to present and discuss short video projects.
6)Will be able to differentiate on location and studio settings.

Course Content

This course is directed towards to build both technical and creative skills of students to produce a short film. The aim of the course compromises the identification of production departments on location and studio fields. Comprehension for the phases of short video production is performed over the hands on work on individual projects.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to short video workshops.
2)	On location and studio settings for film production
3)	Departmental progress of film production
4)	Film production departments set traffic and work share
5)	Duties of art, camera, grip departments on field and location production
6)	Post production departments. Distinguished functions of telecine, online / offline editing and sound.
7)	Creating a short film. Work on students' projects.	Designing short film project. Prepare the synopsis
8)	Progressing on students' short film projects.	Interpreting the discussion and criticism on previous class and implementing the outcomes on the synopsis and preparing script and photoboard.
9)	Pre-production presentations of students' projects	Preparing the pre-production presentation
10)	Working on students' footage. Feedback for neccessary extra shots.	Shooting the short film project.
11)	Progressing on student's footage	Shooting the possible required extra shots
12)	Editing	Capture and and start editing the project by selecting the available shots
13)	Rough cut presentation of short video projects	preparing the project for the rough cut presentation
14)	Presentation of short video projects	Finalizing the short video project

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	1. Producing and directing the short film and video. Peter W. Rea, David K. Irving 2009. 2. The art of the short fiction film. A shot by shot study of nine modern classics. Richard Raskin 2002. 3. In Short: A guide to short film making in the digital age. Eileen Elsey, Andrew Kelly 2002.
References:	1. Producing and directing the short film and video. Peter W. Rea, David K. Irving 2009. 2. The art of the short fiction film. A shot by shot study of nine modern classics. Richard Raskin 2002. 3. In Short: A guide to short film making in the digital age. Eileen Elsey, Andrew Kelly 2002.

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	14	3	42
Presentations / Seminar	2	3	6
Project	2	20	40
Final	1	4	4
Total Workload			134

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	3
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	3
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	4
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	4
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	3