Within the scope of the course, it is aimed to discuss the genres of commercial cinema understanding. In addition to the emergence of the genre concept, the development and change of major species and the day-to-day repercussions will be explained to the students with various visual and auditory examples.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
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)
Assoc. Prof. Bilgehan Ece Şakrak
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Thursday, 10.00-12.45, 3C/04/06
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
To give theoretical sub-structure. Examples to follow. Assignments. Discussing films and assignments
Principle Sources
Nilgün Abisel, Popüler Sinema ve Türler. De Ki Yayınları, 2017
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Discussion of the concept of genre in cinema
Oral presentation
2. Week
Introduction to Film Genres. Separating Species: Method and Limitations
Oral presentation
3. Week
Horror Genre: America and Europe
Oral presentation
4. Week
Horror Genre: Turkiye
Oral presentation
5. Week
Horror Genre: Examples
Oral presentation, film screening
6. Week
Musical Genre
Oral presentation
7. Week
Musical Genre: Examples
Oral presentation, film screening
8. Week
Midterm
9. Week
Western Genre
Oral presentation
10. Week
Western Genre: Examples
Oral presentation, film screening
11. Week
Science Fiction Genre
Oral presentation
12. Week
Science Fiction Genre: Examples
Oral presentation, film screening
13. Week
Hybrid Genres
Oral presentation
14. Week
Overview
Oral presentation
15. Week
Final Exam
16. Week
17. Week
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
Classify the movies into categories.
LO-2
Define thematic and formal similarities, conventions, dissimilarities of different genres.
LO-3
Express how genres have changed and developed throughout the history of cinema.
LO-4
Analyze ideological, cultural, social, historical and aesthetical all representations of genre cinema with a critical perspective.
LO-5
Define genre notion in order to know and introduce and position a new film into the historical context of cinema.
