| Academic Unit: |
Radio, Cinema and Television |
| Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Course Unit: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
- - |
| Course Objectives: |
Extend students’ awareness of film and cultural history, position films within their historical contexts of production and consumption, examine issues and arguments surrounding the growth of standard formal and narrative film conventions, build an appreciation of the history of world cinema from the end of WWII to the present through regular attendance and participation in seminars |
| Course Contents: |
This survey course will cover the period from the silent era to the end of WWII filmmaking, taking into account the socio-political, economic and cultural backgrounds of different movements and styles. Classes will be supported by film screenings. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
- 1- Show an awareness of the practice of film and cultural history
- 2- Be able to place and analyze films within their historical contexts of production and consumption
- 3- Be able to describe and illustrate the growth of classical, formal and narrative conventions
- 4- Be able to demonstrate knowledge of key themes, films, sources, and historical events covered in the unit
- 5- Be able to demonstrate ability to form stylistic connections between differentperiods of film history
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: |
Lectures |
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
| 1 |
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS FILM HISTORY? |
None |
| 2 |
THE INVENTION AND EARLY YEARS OF THE CINEMA, 1880s-1904 |
Reading course materials and viewing required films |
| 3 |
THE INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION OF THE CINEMA, 1905-1912 |
Reading course materials and viewing required films |
| 4 |
NATIONAL CINEMA, HOLLYWOOD CLASSICISM, AND WORLD WAR I, 1905-1919 |
Reading course materials and viewing required films |
| 5 |
FRANCE IN THE 1920S |
Reading course materials and viewing required films |
| 6 |
GERMANY IN THE 1920s |
Reading course materials and viewing required films |
| 7 |
SOVIET CINEMA IN THE 1920s |
Reading course materials and viewing required films |
| 8 |
THE LATE SILENT ERA IN HOLLYWOOD, 1920-1928 |
Reading course materials and viewing required films |
| 9 |
THE INTRODUCTION OF SOUND |
Reading course materials and viewing required films |
| 10 |
THE HOLLYWOOD STUDIO SYSTEM, 1930-1945 |
Reading course materials and viewing required films |
| 11 |
OTHER STUDIO SYSTEMS |
Reading course materials and viewing required films |
| 12 |
CİNEMA AND THE STATE: THE USSR, GERMANY, AND ITALY, 1930-1945 |
Reading course materials and viewing required films |
| 13 |
FRANCE: POETIC REALISM, THE POPULAR FRONT AND THE OCCUPATION, 1930-1945 |
Reading course materials and viewing required films |
| 14 |
LEFTIST, DOCUMENTARY, AND EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA, 1930-1945 |
Reading course materials and viewing required films |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
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Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High
