The aim of the course is to teach students the advent in cinema in Turkey and the technical, economic and aesthetic developments through its history. The developments in Turkish cinema since the Ottoman Empire will be examined.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s)
Professor Okan Ormanlı
Course Assistant(s)
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Schedule
Wednesday, 11.00-12.45 4B 3-5
Office Hour(s)
Monday, 10.00-11.45, 1D 09
Teaching Methods and Techniques
To give a theoretical background through lectures, to watch films and complete homework and to discuss the films and homework in class
Principle Sources
Türk Sinema Tarihi, Giovanni Scognamillo, Kabalcı Yayınevi, 1998.
Rekin Teksoy’un Türk Sineması, Rekin Teksoy, Oğlak Yayınevi, 2007.
Türk Sinema Tarihi I.-II. Cilt, Alim Şerif Onaran, Kitle Yayınevi, 1995.
Yeni Medya Çağında Türk Sineması (2021), Okan Ormanlı, İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi Yayınları
Other Sources
Lütfi Akad, Işıkla Karanlık Arasında, İş Bankası Yayınları 2004.
Kurtuluş Kayalı, Yönetmenler Çerçevesinde Türk Sineması, Tezkire, 2015.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Development of cinema in Turkey and
first discussions
Oral presentation
2. Week
Filmmakers of the transition period
Oral presentation
3. Week
The Theater Period and Muhsin Ertuğrul
Oral presentation
4. Week
Preparing factors the Filmmakers' Period:
The Social, Cultural and Economic Situation of the 1940s
Oral presentation
5. Week
The cinema of Ömer Lütfi Akad
Oral presentation
6. Week
The Cinema of Metin Erksan
Oral presentation
7. Week
The cinema of Atıf Yılmaz
8. Week
Yesilcam, melodrama and humour cinema
Oral presentation
9. Week
1970s Contrasts Period,
The cinema of Yılmaz Güney
Oral presentation
10. Week
Midterm Exam
11. Week
1980s: The Collapse of Yeşilçam: Fantastic Movies, Arabesque Movies and Erotic Movies
Oral presentation
12. Week
Young Filmmakers: Ömer Kavur
Oral presentation
13. Week
Rise of the Cinema Industry in the 1990s
Oral presentation
14. Week
2000s and New Cinema Period
Oral presentation
15. Week
2000s and New Cinema Period
Oral presentation
16. Week
Distribution-Production Relations of Turkish Cinema From Past to Present
Oral presentation
17. Week
General Evaluation on Turkish Cinema History
Oral presentation
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
Understanding of the first period of Turkish cinema
LO-2
Understanding the period of the “filmmakers”
LO-3
Ability to make connections between independent and contemporary Turkish cinema
LO-4
An opinion on Yeşilçam cinema
LO-5
Ability to make connections between the concepts of national cinema and universal cinema
