| Course Name | Senior Project I |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| CDM 497 | Fall | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
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| Course Language | English | ||||||||
| Course Type | Required | ||||||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | ||||||||
| Mode of Delivery | Online | ||||||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | |||||||||
| Course Coordinator | - | ||||||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | ||||||||
| Course Objectives | Senior Project is designed as a two-semester course where students will take complete responsibility of an individual creative project from scratch to post-production. Senior Project I focuses on idea development and pre-production, as the first part of this project period. Students will shape their projects around their intellectual, creative and professional interests. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | In this course students focus on the idea development and pre-production phases of their graduation project (Production and post-production parts will be completed in Senior Project II). The course method includes in class/online group and individual meetings. Individual meetings will be conducted by appointment. The course may also include lectures and/or workshops on specific themes based on potentials needs of the students. During the term, students will submit the following assignments that will represent different phases of their developing projects: Project idea (15%, 1st mid-term), project proposal (15%, 2nd mid-term), research folder (20%, assignment), project folder (25%, project). Students are obliged to successfully complete each of these requirements for continuing with the next phases. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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| Core Courses | X |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction and group meeting | |
| 2 | Finding a creative idea, group and individual meeting | Submission: Project idea |
| 3 | Idea development, individual meeting | |
| 4 | Research, individual meeting | Submission: Project proposal |
| 5 | Research, individual meeting | |
| 6 | Treatment development, individual meeting | |
| 7 | Treatment development, group meeting | Submission: Research folder |
| 8 | Screenwriting, individual meeting | |
| 9 | Screenwriting, individual meeting | |
| 10 | Budgeting, individual meeting | |
| 11 | Audition, individual meeting | |
| 12 | Scouting, individual meeting | Submission: Project folder |
| 13 | Screenplay breakdown, group and individual meeting | |
| 14 | Pitching presentation | |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation / Jury | 3 | 60 |
| Project | 1 | 20 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 6 | 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 | 6 | 96 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 40 | |
| Presentation / Jury | 3 | 20 | |
| Project | 1 | 50 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 278 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to have fundamental knowledge about narrative forms in cinema, digital and interactive media, and the foundational concepts relevant to these forms. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to create narratives based on creative and critical thinking skills, by using the forms and tools of expression specific to cinema and digital media arts. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to use the technical equipment and software required for becoming a specialist/expert in cinema and digital media. | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to perform skills such as scriptwriting, production planning, use of the camera, sound recording, lighting and editing, at the basic level necessary for pre-production, production and post-production phases of an audio-visual work; and to perform at least one of them at an advanced level. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to discuss how meaning is made in cinema and digital media; how economy, politics and culture affect regimes of representation; and how processes of production, consumption, distribution and meaning-making shape narratives. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to perform the special technical and aesthetic skills at the basic level necessary to create digital media narratives in the fields of interactive film, video installation, experimental cinema and virtual reality. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to critically analyze a film or digital media artwork from technical, intellectual and artistic perspectives. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to participate in the production of a film or digital media artwork as a member or leader of a team, following the principles of work safety and norms of ethical behavior. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to stay informed about global scientific, social, economic, cultural, political, institutional and industrial developments. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to develop solutions to legal, scientific and professional problems surrounding the field of cinema and digital media. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to use a foreign language to communicate with colleagues and collect data in the field of cinema and digital media. ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | X | ||||
| 12 | To be able to use a second foreign language at the medium level. | X | ||||
| 13 | To be able to connect the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to the field of expertise. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
