| MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD) | |||||
| PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| FTV2946 | Contemporary Film and Media | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
| Language of instruction: | En |
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. NİLAY ULUSOY |
| Course Objectives: | The transformation of film through the new media technologies |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; 1) Be able to synthesize and use a wide variety of film and media theories. 2) Judge which kinds of theory are relevant in the development of the research they wish to pursue. "3) Understand cinema and media theory alongside contemporary image practices in an historical context. " 4) gain an understanding of film as a national, international and global medium 5) gain insight into the interaction of film and media with its historical and cultural contexts 6)critically engage with select examples of academic writing about film history 7) To gain an understanding of the terminology, history and technology of film and the moving image from the Lumière Brothers to current digital media technologies. 8) Develop direct connections in understanding the production conditions of the films screened in class and the development of technology. |
| This course examines the shift from traditional cinematic spectacle to works probing the frontiers of interactive, performative, and networked media. Drawing upon a broad range of scholarship, including film theory, communication studies, cultural studies and new media theory, the course will consider how digital technologies are transforming the semiotic fabric of contemporary visual culture. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
| 1) | Introduction to Digital Media, concepts and examples | ||
| 2) | What is media arts? | ||
| 3) | What was Cinema? | Rodowick, The Virtual Life of Film/ 1-87 | |
| 4) | Cinema in the Digital Era | Lev Manovich. “What is Digital Cinema” | |
| 5) | BIG SCREENS/Immersive VIEWS: 3D/IMAX/Google Earth | "Leon Gurevitch and Miriam Ross “STEREOSCOPIC MEDIA: Scholarship beyond Booms and Busts,” 3D Cinema and Beyond, eds. Dan Adler, Janine Marchessault and Sanja Obradovic (Intellect Books, 2013) pp 72-82. Anna Munster, “Welcome to Google Earth” in Arthur and Marilouise Kroker (eds), Critical Digital Studies Reader (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008, pp 397-416. Susan Stewart, “The Gigantic,” On Longing: Narratives of the Minature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection (Baltimore and London: John Hopkins University Press, 1984, pp. 70-102.)." | |
| 6) | Transmedia Storytelling | Mittell, Complex TV, “Transmedia Storytelling” | |
| 7) | Videogames & Experimental Modes of Narration | Henry Jenkins, “Game Design as Narrative Architecture” Gonzalo Frasca, “Ludologists Love Stories Too” Scott Higgins, “Seriality’s Ludic Promise” | |
| 8) | LOCATIVE MEDIA (mobiles- smartphones) | ||
| 9) | VOD (Video on demand) | ||
| 10) | Covid-19 Pandemic and Online Film Festivals | ||
| 11) | Music Videos includes internet and new technologies (vine,360 degree, boomerang) | ||
| 12) | Virtual Reality | ||
| 13) | Bio-Art | Cary Wolfe, “From Dead Meat to Glow-in-the-Dark Bunnies: The Animal Question in Contemporary Art.” in What is Posthumanism? (2010), 145-168. Optional: Gregory Sholette, “The Unnameable” in Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture pp 135-151. Christina Agapakis and Sissel Tolaas, “The Inside-Out Body” in Synthetic Aesthetics: Investigating Synthetic Biology’s Designs on Nature (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2014), 271-282. | |
| 14) | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FILMS AND AI | ||
| Course Notes: | Lev Manovich. “What is Digital Cinema” Rodowick, The Virtual Life of Film |
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| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | % 0 | |
| Laboratory | % 0 | |
| Application | % 0 | |
| Field Work | % 0 | |
| Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | % 0 | |
| Quizzes | % 0 | |
| Homework Assignments | % 0 | |
| Presentation | 2 | % 20 |
| Project | % 0 | |
| Seminar | % 0 | |
| Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
| Preliminary Jury | % 0 | |
| Final | 1 | % 50 |
| Paper Submission | % 0 | |
| Jury | % 0 | |
| Bütünleme | % 0 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload | |
| Course Hours | 14 | 42 | |
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| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 74 | |
| Presentations / Seminar | 2 | 6 | |
| Project | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes | |||
| Preliminary Jury | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 3 | |
| Paper Submission | |||
| Jury | |||
| Final | 1 | 3 | |
| Total Workload | 128 | ||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
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