The aim of this course is to teach students the necessary steps before shooting a short film. By demonstration how to prepare a production dossier, the students will make the pre-production preparations and produce their own short films.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
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Instructor(s)
Lecturer Dr. Ulaş Cihan Şimşek
Course Assistant(s)
Res. Asist. Emre Fırat
Schedule
Tuesday, 09.00-12.45
Office Hour(s)
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Teaching Methods and Techniques
Students will have to do some preliminary research before shooting their short films. This preliminary research will teach students how to deal with production problems head on and to find quick solutions to them. Furthermore, they will be able to share and discuss these difficulties in class.
Principle Sources
Abdulkadir Candemir. Video Kamera: Stüdyo Ortamları ve Dış Çekimler. Eskişehir: T.C. Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları. 2008
David Irving, Peter W. Rea, Sinema ve Videoda Kısa Film 1, Es Yayınları, 2004
David Irving, Peter W. Rea, Sinema ve Videoda Kısa Film 2, Es Yayınları, 2004
David Irving, Peter W. Rea, Sinema ve Videoda Kısa Film 3, Es Yayınları, 2004
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
What is a short film? Examples from the world
Oral presentation
2. Week
What is a short film? Examples from the world
Oral presentation
3. Week
Preparation of the production dossier: choosing location and actors, asking for permission slips, preparing a shooting schedule, preparing a budget
Project Oral presentation
4. Week
Preparation of the production dossier: choosing location and actors, asking for permission slips, preparing a shooting schedule, preparing a budget
Project Oral presentation
5. Week
What is a storyboard and how is it prepared?
Project Oral presentation
6. Week
Presentation of student short film ideas and discussion
Project Oral presentation
7. Week
Midterm exam
Project
8. Week
The pre-production phase: things that need to be done before a shoot, important points to remember and the start of student productions
Project Oral presentation
9. Week
The pre-production phase: things that need to be done before a shoot, important points to remember and the start of student productions
Project Oral presentation
10. Week
Viewing of first rushes in class
Project Oral presentation
11. Week
Viewing of first rushes in class
Project Oral presentation
12. Week
Shooting week
Project Oral presentation
13. Week
Shooting week
Project Oral presentation
14. Week
Discussion of problems and difficulties faced during shooting
Project Oral presentation
15. Week
Presenting short film festivals in Turkey and the world and bringing attention to important points when applying to festivals
Project Oral presentation
16. Week
Screening of student short films
Project Oral presentation
17. Week
Final exam
Project
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Communication, art and culture related concepts to be priorities, all kinds of definitions can berelated to different areas.
PO-2
Interpret technological developments and related artistic and cultural perceptions
PO-3
Will be able to understand contemporary / contemporary cinema and television practices.
PO-4
Will be able to analyze the organic relationship between art, communication and society.
PO-5
Will be able to produce works that will learn the creative process and bring creativity to the foreground
PO-6
It will be able to work creatively, flexibly and independently in a disciplined and self-created line.
PO-7
Will be able to use the tools and equipment necessary for their profession in the right place and at the right time and will be able to implement their projects within the determined time.
PO-8
Will be able to express his / her creative ideas using visual messages.
PO-9
They will be able to give original products in different interdisciplinary fields like animation, photography, cinema.
PO-10
He will have experience in film management, screenplay, cinematography and editing.
PO-11
Will be able to prepare visual effects for cinema and television using computer based applications.
PO-12
He will have experience in acting, mimicry, dramatic improvisation.
PO-13
Be open to innovations in the field of mass communication and adapt to innovations in the field.
PO-14
It will be able to produce projects with experienced experts in national and international areas.
PO-15
Competitions, exhibitions, festivals, seminars etc. in national and international areas. will participate in the events.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
The ability to transfer thoughts into moving images
LO-2
The knowledge of computer based editing programs
LO-3
The ability to criticize moving images
LO-4
The knowledge of alternative methods of expression in professional short filmmaking
LO-5
The ability to turn an idea into a story and then to visually tell that story
