The aim of the course is to teach what a trailer is, its different types and how to make a trailer for a feature film, a short film and a documentary.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
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Instructor(s)
Lecturer Cem Uçar
Course Assistant(s)
Arş. Gör. Buğra Mert Alkayalar
Schedule
Pazartesi, 09:00-11.45
Office Hour(s)
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Teaching Methods and Techniques
One of the aims of the course is to make students understand the importance of trailers as a marketing tool to promote the film so that they too can make their own trailers for their film projects.
Principle Sources
Bordwell, David - Thompson, Kristin. Film Sanatı. De Ki Yayınları, 2012.
Canikligil, İlker. Dijital Video ile Sinema. Alfa Yayınları, 2014.
Mascelli, Joseph V. Sinemanın 5 Temel İlkesi. İmge Kitapevi, 2014.
Other Sources
Monaco, James “Bir Film Nasıl Okunur?”, Oğlak Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2002.
Murch, Walter “Göz Kırparken”, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introductory class, aim and content
Oral presentation
2. Week
the definition of a trailer and examples of trailers
Oral presentation
3. Week
the historical development of the use of the trailer
Oral presentation
4. Week
the types of trailers through examples
Oral presentation
5. Week
the elements of a trailer: people, events, places and sounds
Fieldwork
6. Week
watching the chosen feature film so as to define the appropriate type of trailer and deciding on which parts to use
Fieldwork
7. Week
Midterm exam
Project
8. Week
watching the chosen documentary so as to define the appropriate type of trailer and deciding on which parts to use
Fieldwork
9. Week
watching the chosen short film so as to define the appropriate type of trailer and deciding on which parts to use
Fieldwork
10. Week
the presentation of the interface of the program to be used for the making of the trailer
Fieldwork
11. Week
making a trailer through the use of short films
Fieldwork
12. Week
making a trailer through the use of feature films
Fieldwork
13. Week
making a trailer through the use of documentary films
Fieldwork
14. Week
Preparing the audio of the trailer
Fieldwork
15. Week
Preparing the font of the text of the trailer
Fieldwork
16. Week
Preparing a trailer for different media and its distribution
Fieldwork
17. Week
Practical Final exam
Fieldwork
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 understanding of the importance of a trailer for films and documentaries
LO-2
The understanding of the different types of trailers
LO-3
The knowledge of which images to use from the raw footage for the trailer
