| Course Name | Creative Writing |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDM 203 | Fall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Required | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course aims to introduce students to the fundamentals of creative writing and storytelling. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course combines theories of creative writing with applied methods of storytelling. Students will be required to creatively read, write, revise and develop stories. There will be 3 quizes, 5 assignments and a project. |
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| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | “The Story” and its structure. The Craft of Storytelling. | MCKEE: Chapter I |
| 2 | Creativity and Idea. (Theme and Logline.) Writing Fundamentals: Statement, Sentence, Paragraph. | MILLER: Theme LE GUIN: Chapter 1, 3 |
| 3 | Hero, Protagonist&Antagonist. Introduction to Conflict. Writing Fundamentals: Voice&narrator | VOGLER: Chapter I: HERO Selected Fiction Piece |
| 4 | The Character. | EGRI: Chapter 2: CHARACTER |
| 5 | Introduction to Writer’s Toolkit: Expectation, Empathy, Dilemma&Conflict | EGRI: Chapter 3: Conflict |
| 6 | Writing Fundamentals: Layered Narration, flow, rhythm and emotion. | Selected Fiction Piece LE GUIN: Chapter 7 |
| 7 | Story World Bulding(Mood) | VOGLER: Chapter 2: Ordinary World |
| 8 | Archetypes&Mythology | VOGLER: Archetypes |
| 9 | Writing Fundamentals: Dialogue. | Selected Fiction Piece |
| 10 | Story&Character Arcs | WEILAND (p. 1-22) |
| 11 | Introduction to Archplot: 3 act and Journey | VOGLER: Chapter 1 (p. 41-65) |
| 12 | Full Film Analysis | Selected Fiction Piece |
| 13 | Introduction to Scene1: Key Concepts | MILLER: Scene and Sequence (p. 137-150) MCKEE: Scene Design. |
| 14 | Introduction to Scene 2 | MILLER: Scene and Sequence (p. 150-165) |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Review of the semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | MILLER, William C. Screenwriting for Film and Television. MCKEE, R. Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting. EGRI, L. Art Of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives. VOGLER, C. Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers. WEILAND K.M. Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author’s Guide to Uniting Story Structure. LE GUIN URSULA K. Steering the Craft ARISTOTLE. Poetics. FIELD, S. Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting: A Step-by-Step Guide from Concept to finished Script. TRUBY, J. The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller. JUNG, C.G. The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious. CAMPBELL J. Hero with a Thousand Faces. HUNTER, L. Lew Hunter’s Screenwriting 434: The Industries Top Teacher Reveals the secrets of the Successful Screenplay. GULINO P. Joseph&SHEARS Connie: The Science of Screenwriting. |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 3 | 15 |
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 5 | 40 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | 1 | 35 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 8 | 100 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 4 | 64 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 3 | 2 | |
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 5 | 3 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | 1 | 15 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 148 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to define and discuss the history, underlying concepts and theories of cinema and digital media. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to develop a storytelling idea for cinema and digital media arts by using creativity and critical thinking. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to operate specialized technical equipment and competently use software in the fields of cinema and digital media arts. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to execute the main tasks in the pre-production, production and post-production of an audio-visual work at the basic level including screenwriting, production planning, operating the camera, sound recording, lighting and editing. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to perform a specialized task at an advanced level either for pre-production, production or post-production of an audio-visual work. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to discuss how meaning is made through works of cinema and digital media; in what ways economics, politics and culture affect visual representation; how the conditions of production, consumption, distribution and interpretation shape images. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to perform specialized tasks for creating digital media narratives with interactive elements. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to conduct a critical analysis of a film or a work of digital media arts from technical, intellectual and artistic points of view. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to take individual responsibility of a film or a digital media work from scratch to product in a problem-solving manner. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to work as a crewmember by following norms of ethical conduct and taking initiative to improve the ethical standards of his/her working environment. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Cinema and Digital Media and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | X | ||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | X | ||||
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