Lesson plan / HISTORY OF CINEMA

Lesson Information

Course Credit 2.0
Course ECTS Credit 5.0
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course Compulsory
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? Z
Course Coordinator
Instructor (s) Assoc. Prof. (Ph.D.) SELİN SÜAR
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course Aim of the course is to examine developments of cinema chronologically, its place, impact and importance in public life.
Course Content In this course, development phases and proliferation of cinema in different countries from its invention to present; its development as mass medium, as an industry and an art will be held with movements and school creators in social- cultural context of the era.

Weekly Course Subjects

1Invention of cinamatography and first film examples, cinema’s arrival to Turkey and first Turkish films.
2Silent motion pictures and First World War period Muhsin Ertuğrul films.
3German and Italian cinema in 1920s, 1929 economical crisis, political atmosphere in United States.
4Western cinema.
5Improvements in Europe during II. World War and publicity cinema.
6The impact of the cold war on cinema in 1950s, McCarty period and invasion movies of Hollywood
7New Italian Realism and New French Wave Metin Erksan.
8Social Liberarian Movements in1960s and cinema’s reaction to them: Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki films.
9Midterm-Science fiction and horror films in 1960-70s.
10Political trend in Turkish Cinema, Yılmaz Güney films.
11European Cinema from 80s to present.
12American Cinema from 80s to present
133rd World Cinema.
14Discussion: Comparison of European and American cinema with present Turkish cinema.

Resources

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