POV3341 Visual StorytellingBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
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
POV3341 Visual Storytelling 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 : Instructor DAĞHAN CELAYİR
Course Lecturer(s): Prof. Dr. HASAN KEMAL SUHER
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: This course aims to focus on the contemporary photography that has transformed along with contemporary arts since the 1970’s. The concept of contemporary art that has been separated from the modern art for the last 4 decades will be explored. The second aim of this course is to combine contemporary photography combinations with one’s own experiences in photographic applications and to question the relation of the concepts to the visual experiences.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Identify and describe the concept of contemporary art.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the contemporary art applications.
3. Interpret the theoretical background of the contemporary photography practices.
4. Compare the relation between global and local contemporary art practices.
5. Discuss the probability of conveying social, cultural and personal experiences through the language of the contemporary art.
6. Developing the ability to apply one’s own concepts in the multilayered narrative structures and forms of contemporary art.

Course Content

Works by contemporary photographers will be analyzed in terms of the narratives created by this concept and that are usually intertextual, more micro and more identity oriented.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) What is story? Different narrative styles.
2) Visual story telling tools used by the artist. Working on the assignments.
3) Statement, Design and Atmosphere. Understanding “Blade Runner” and “Seven”. Working on the assignments.
4) Breaking-down a script and designing emotional rhythm. Working on the assignments.
5) Designing visual system and all components of it. Other art forms to collaborate. Working on the assignments.
6) Designing a shot with using graphic components in order to create dramatic tension. All considerations to make a coverage on a scene. Working on the assignments.
7) Assessment for the assignment Working on the assignments.
8) What is art What is Craft? Society, culture and target audience. Working on the assignments.
9) Pre-visualizing, working with story boards. Pre production. Working on the assignments.
10) Narrative use of light, camera and working with a director of photography. Comparison between film and digital. Working on the assignments.
11) Directing T.V. Commercials. Working on the assignments.
12) Directing music videos. Visual system on Experimental Filmmaking. Working on the assignments.
13) Components of production designing. Working on the assignments.
14) Cognitive perception of audience and manipulating emotions. Final Project

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Will be given weekly.
References: 1. Costello, D. & Iversen, M. (2010). Photography after conceptual art. Chichester, West Sussex, UK Malden, MA, USA Great Britain: Wiley-Blackwell Association of Art Historians.
2. Cotton, C. (2009). The photograph as contemporary art. London New York, N.Y: Thames & Hudson.
3. Freeman, M. (2007). The photographer's eye : composition and design for better digital photos. Boston: Focal Press.
4. Marien, M. (2006). Photography : a cultural history. London: Laurence King.
5. Smith, T. (2009). What is contemporary art. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Homework Assignments 1 % 40
Final 1 % 50
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 4 56
Study Hours Out of Class 13 5 65
Homework Assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Total Workload 142

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) Setting up various spaces in national and international contexts, carrying out designs, planning and applications that could satisfy various user groups and respond various requirements in the field of Interior Architecture,
2) Analyzing the information gathered from the framework of actual physical, social and economical constraints and user requirements, and synthesizing these with diverse knowledge and considerations in order to create innovative spatial solutions,
3) Generating creative, innovative, aesthetic and unique spatial solutions by using tangible and abstract concepts,
4) Using at least one of the illustration and presentation technologies competently, that the field of interior architecture requires,
5) Reporting, presenting and transferring the design, practice and research studies to the specialists or laymen by using visual, textual or oral communication methods, efficiently and accurately,
6) Embracing and prioritizing man-environment relationships, user health, safety and security, and universal design principles in the field of interior architecture,
7) Design understanding and decision making that respects social and cultural rights of the society, cultural heritage and nature,
8) Being aware of national and international values, following developments and being equipped about ethical and aesthetical subjects in the fields of interior architecture, design and art,
9) Having absolute conscious about legal regulations, standards and principles; and realizing professional ethics, duties and responsibilities in the field of Interior Architecture,