| Course Name | Project Development and Production |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCS 480 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
| Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | To introduce the students how to develop, organize and realize a film project as well as to apply for institutional foundings. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course will include the following topics related to film production and project devolepment: preproduction, production, postproduction, budget planning, crew, marketing and distribution, founding research, project file preparation. ACADEMIC CAUTION Academic honesty: Plagiarism, copying, cheating, purchasing essays/projects, presenting some one else’s work as your own and all sorts of literary theft is considered academic dishonesty. Under the rubric of İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, all forms of academic dishonesty are considered as crime and end in disciplinary interrogation. According to YÖK’s Student Discipline Regulation, the consequence of cheating or attempting to cheat is 6 to 12 months expulsion. Having been done intentionally or accidentally does not change the punitive consequences of academic dishonesty. Academic honesty is each student’s own responsibility. Plagiarism is the most common form of academic dishonesty. According to the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary, to plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own. The easiest and most effective way to prevent plagiarism is to give reference when using someone else’s ideas, and to use quotation marks when using someone else’s exact words. A detailed informative guideline regarding plagiarism can be found here. |
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| Supportive Courses | X | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Fundamentals of a film production | The Complete Film Production Handbook: Chapter 1 “The Production Team and Who Does What” Chapter 25 “Independent Filmmaking” |
| 3 | Expressing the idea: motto, proposal and synopsis | Proposal documents from actual lowbudget feature film. |
| 4 | Preproduction | Preparation of the One Paragraph and One Page Synopsis (1st assignment) The Complete Film Production Handbook: Chapter 2 “The Production Office” Chapter 4 “From Script to Schedule” The Power Filmmaking Kit: Chapter 2 “Preproduction” |
| 5 | Preparing the budget and schedule | The Complete Film Production Handbook: Chapter 3 “Basic Accounting” Chapter 4 “From Script to Schedule” The Power Filmmaking Kit: Chapter 3 “Budgeting” Chapter 4 “Scheduling” |
| 6 | Establishing the crew | The Complete Film Production Handbook: Chapter 10 “Deal Memos” Chapter 11 “Unions and Guilds” Chapter 12 “Principal Talent” The Power Filmmaking Kit: Chapter 7 “Auditioning Actors” Chapter 8 “The Crew” Chapter 9 “Unions and Guilds” |
| 7 | Production | The Complete Film Production Handbook: Chapter 8 “During the Shoot” Chapter 17 “Safety” The Power Filmmaking Kit: Chapter 5 “Insurance” |
| 8 | Postproduction | Breaking down the script (2nd assignment) The Complete Film Production Handbook: Chapter 15 “Clearances and Releases” Chapter 30 “Post Production Overview” |
| 9 | Marketing and distribution | The Complete Film Production Handbook: Chapter 9 “Building Strong Industry Relationships” Chapter 26 “Practical LowBudget Filmmaking” The Power Filmmaking Kit: Chapter 23 “Distribution” |
| 10 | Foundations | |
| 11 | Sponsorship | |
| 12 | Preparing the project file I | Submission of the founding research (3rd assignment) |
| 13 | Preparing the Project file II | |
| 14 | Pitching simulation I | Preparation and presentation of the Project file (term project) |
| 15 | Pitching simulation II | |
| 16 | General evaluation of the term |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Eve Light Honthaner, The Complete Film Production Handbook, USA: 2010. Jason J Tomaric The Power Filmmaking Kit, Focal Press USA 2008. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Robert Latham Brown, Planning the LowBudget Film, Chalk Hill Books, 2006. Barry Hampe, Making Documentary Films and Videos: A Practical Guide to Planning, Filming, and Editing Documentaries, Holt Paperbacks, 2007 Tools and Utilities for Filmmakers – Dependent Film Website http://dependentfilms.net/files.html |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 25 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 2 | 20 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | 1 | 30 |
| Seminar / Workshop | 5 | 25 |
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 9 | 100 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 0 | |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 2 | 15 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | 1 | 26 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 120 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication. | X | ||||
| 3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
| 7 | To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
| 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. | |||||
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