Course Name | Film Seminar: A Cinema in the Shade I |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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GEAR 309 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Service Course | |||||
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 films that have an important place in film history and yet have low visibility in the framework of commercial cinema, and to enable the students to acquire film culture. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This is the first of a series of courses, introducing and screening films crucial to forming film culture and not readily available elsewhere. The course includes canonic, experimental, avant-garde (commercial or non-commercial) examples of early cinema, American studio films, European art films, world cinema. |
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Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction | Pages 6-13 from NOWELL-SMITH, G. (1999). The Oxford history of world cinema: [the definitive history of cinema worldwide]. Oxford [u.a.], Oxford Univ. Pr. |
2 | Birth of Cinema — between art and entertainment | Excerpts from Lumiere Brothers George Melies - Voyage to the Moon Thomas Edison - The Great Train Robbery Pages 13-23 from NOWELL-SMITH, G. (1999). The Oxford history of world cinema: [the definitive history of cinema worldwide]. Oxford [u.a.], Oxford Univ. Pr. |
3 | Early Cinema — between documentary and fiction | Robert J. Flaherty - Nanook of the North (1922) Pages 86-91 from NOWELL-SMITH, G. (1999). The Oxford history of world cinema: [the definitive history of cinema worldwide]. Oxford [u.a.], Oxford Univ. Pr. |
4 | Russian Constructivism | Dziga Vertov, The Man with the Movie Camera (1929) Pages 92-94 from NOWELL-SMITH, G. (1999). The Oxford history of world cinema: [the definitive history of cinema worldwide]. Oxford [u.a.], Oxford Univ. Pr. |
5 | Surrealism in Cinema | Luis Buñuel - L'Age d'Or (1930) (60 min) Luis Buñuel - Un Chien Andalou (1929) (21 min) Tony Richardson “The films of Luis Bunuel” Sight and Sound; Jan 1, 1954; 23, 3; pg. 125. |
6 | European Cinema between the world wars | Jean Vigo - Zéro de conduite (1933) (41 min) Gyula Zilzer “Remembrances of Jean Vigo” Hollywood Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Winter, 1947-1948), pp. 125-128. |
7 | Italian Neo-Realism | Vittorio de Sica - Ladri di biciclette (1948) (93 min) Richard Winnington, “Bicycle Thieves” Sight and Sound; Mar 1, 1950; 19, 1; pg. 26. |
8 | Nouvelle Vague | Jean-Luc Godard – À bout de soufflé (1960) (90 min) Roger Ebert on Godard’s Breathless (http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-breathless-1960) |
9 | Midterm | |
10 | Cinema Verité | Chris Marker - La Joli Mai (1963) (145 min) Peter Graham „On Cinema Verite in France” Film Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Summer, 1964), pp. 30-36. |
11 | British New Wave | Lindsay Anderson - If (1968) (111 min) Robinson, David “Anderson shooting IF...” Sight and Sound; Summer 1968; 37, 3; pg. 130. |
12 | New German Cinema | Wim Wenders - Wings of Desire (1987) (128 min) Makhmalbaf, Mohsan “Obsession” Sight and Sound; Sep 1, 1995; 5, 9; pg. 40. |
13 | Road Movies | Wim Wenders - Alice in the Cities (1974) (110 min) John Pym “The Road from Wuppertal” Sight and Sound; Fall 1984; 53, 4; pg. 244. |
14 | Unhollywood - American Independent Cinema | Jim Jarmusch - Stranger than Paradise (1984) (89 min) Richard Linnett “As American as You Are: Jim Jarmusch and Stranger than Paradise” Cinéaste, Vol. 14, No. 1 (1985), pp. 26-28. |
15 | Review of the semester | |
16 | Final Paper Submission |
Course Notes/Textbooks | |
Suggested Readings/Materials | NOWELL-SMITH, G. (1999). The Oxford history of world cinema: [the definitive history of cinema worldwide]. Oxford [u.a.], Oxford Univ. Pr. |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 20 |
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Midterm | 1 | 35 |
Final Exam | 1 | 45 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 55 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 45 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
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Midterms | 1 | 17 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 27 | |
Total | 120 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to use the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the areas of Political Science and International Relations. | |||||
2 | To be able to have the basic knowledge of, and make use of other disciplines which contribute to the areas of Political Science and International Relations. | |||||
3 | To be able to distinguish the differences between classical and contemporary theories and to assess their relationship. | |||||
4 | To be able to recognize regional and global issues, and develop solutions based on research. | |||||
5 | To be able to assess the acquired knowledge and skills in the areas of Political Science and International Relations critically. | |||||
6 | To be able to transfer ideas and proposals on issues in the areas of Political Science and International Relations to other people and institutions verbally and in writing. | |||||
7 | To be able to identify the historical continuity and changes observed in the relations between the actors and institutions of national and international politics. | |||||
8 | To be able to examine concepts, theories, and developments with scientific methods in the areas of Political Science and International Relations. | |||||
9 | To be able to take responsibility as an individual and as a team member. | |||||
10 | To be able to act in accordance with the scientific and ethical values in studies related to Political Science and International Relations. | |||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Political Science and International Relations and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of experience. |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest