Cinema is the art of the 20th century. Though its birth goes all the way back to the 19th century it is, in this long century that cinema has been the medium of high and low art, the medium of propaganda and popular culture. The show and entertainment business of the last century and the consumer culture came out has both contributed to and benefited from the cinema. On the other hand, cinema has transformed the visual culture dramatically as a matter of visuality. It is after the introduction of the movies of the 1920s that human understanding of visuality has taken a radical shift as a consequence of cinema's relation to various aspects, such as psychoanalysis In this regard cinema might be taken as the basic art of the past century with none of the realms of art and social life being ignorant to it. The course will expose the students to the reality both produced and transformed in cinema. Each week a certain field, such as history, politics, psychoanalysis, gender, marginality, will be selected and accordingly films will be analysed to find out how the reality of that specific area is represented. On the background the students will discuss and analyse the basic concerns and concepts of modernity. The course, in this context, will conjointly survey the history, problematics and arts of the past century as well as the adventure of cinema as a technique and art.
Vision, Representation and Cinema (FILM 432)
| Programs\Type | Required | Core Elective | Area Elective |
| Art Theory & Criticism | * | ||
| BA- Political Science | |||
| BA-Cultural Studies | * | ||
| BA-Cultural Studies | * | ||
| BA-Economics | |||
| BA-Economics | |||
| BA-International Studies | |||
| BA-International Studies | |||
| BA-Management | |||
| BA-Management | |||
| BA-Political Sci.&Inter.Relat. | |||
| BA-Political Sci.&Inter.Relat. | |||
| BA-Social & Political Sciences | |||
| BA-Visual Arts&Visual Com.Des. | * | ||
| BA-Visual Arts&Visual Com.Des. | * | ||
| BS-Biological Sci.&Bioeng. | |||
| BS-Computer Science & Eng. | |||
| BS-Computer Science & Eng. | |||
| BS-Electronics Engineering | |||
| BS-Electronics Engineering | |||
| BS-Industrial Engineering | |||
| BS-Manufacturing Systems Eng. | |||
| BS-Materials Sci. & Nano Eng. | |||
| BS-Materials Science & Eng. | |||
| BS-Mechatronics | |||
| BS-Mechatronics | |||
| BS-Microelectronics | |||
| BS-Molecular Bio.Gen.&Bioeng | |||
| BS-Telecommunications |
CONTENT
OBJECTIVE
Constructing coherent and independent arguments based on the critical evaluation of the theories on modernity, visuality and cinema
Developing basic film analysis
LEARNING OUTCOME
Understanding the development of new forms of visuality in the context of the 19th century modernity
Understanding the development of the film form in the context of the 19th and early 20th century modernity
Developing a critical understanding of the development of film language
Developing a critical understanding of cinematic representation
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
1. Understand the world, their country, their society, as well as themselves and have awareness of ethical problems, social rights, values and responsibility to the self and to others. 3
2. Understand different disciplines from natural and social sciences to mathematics and art, and develop interdisciplinary approaches in thinking and practice. 4
3. Think critically, follow innovations and developments in science and technology, demonstrate personal and organizational entrepreneurship and engage in life-long learning in various subjects. 4
4. Communicate effectively in Turkish and English by oral, written, graphical and technological means. 4
5. Take individual and team responsibility, function effectively and respectively as an individual and a member or a leader of a team; and have the skills to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams. 2
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the multiple methodologies and interpret different approaches, concepts, and theoretical legacies in the interdisciplinary field of Cultural Studies. 5
2. Identify interconnections of knowledge within and across the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, literature, visual studies, philosophy, and psychology. 4
3. Cultivate a critical approach to the study of culture, articulating the relations between culture, power, and history; exploring cultural diversity and socio-cultural change at the local, national and global level; and exploring the corresponding demands for rights and social justice. 5
4. With the use of appropriate technologies, be able to present advanced oral and written evaluations of developments in the realm of cultural production, consumption, and representation. 3
1. Demonstrate safe working habits and a general understanding of materials and processes in the visual arts. 1
2. Demonstrate knowledge of representational processes using visual as well as audial material as mediums of representation. 2
3. Show working knowledge of the process of transforming abstract/textual concepts into concrete, audio/visual forms. 3
4. Appreciate and express the cultural significance of art and understand its evolution and purposes. 5
5. Develop an awareness of compositional and organizational strategies for the effective deployment of formal elements of visual art. 3
6. Read visual texts with a deep knowledge of art history and theory and the ability of situating the content and form of the visual representation both in a historical and thematic context. 5
7. Employ necessary background knowledge regarding art administration in the body of museums and galleries. 1
8. Show a practical and technical command of materials and methods in one or more media of the visual arts. 1
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ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA
| Percentage (%) | |
| Exam | 40 |
| Term-Paper | 40 |
| Participation | 10 |
| Presentation | 10 |
RECOMENDED or REQUIRED READINGS
| Readings |
Jeremy Hicks, Dziga Vertov: Defining Documentary Film. London: I.B.Tauris, 2007. |