FTV1915

Introduction to Film and TV I

3    0    3

FTV1916

Introduction to Film and TV II

3    0    3

FTV2914

Film Theory

3    0    3

FTV2915

History of Cinema

3    0    3

FTV2918

Video Production

3    0    3

FTV2921

Camera and Lighting

2    2    3

FTV2923

Art of Storytelling

3    0    3

FTV3926

Advanced Lighting and Camera Techniques

2    2    3

FTV3931

Digital Editing

2    2    3

FTV3932

Sound in Television and Cinema

3    0    3

FTV3933

Film Criticism

3    0    3

FTV3935

Radio Programming

3    0    3

FTV3937

Visual Composition in TV

2    2    3

FTV3939

Reporting in Electronic Media

3    0    3

FTV3941

Screenwriting

2    2    3

FTV3944

TV Programming and PRoduction

3    0    3

FTV3946

Media Audiences

3    0    3

FTV3948

TV Journalism

3    0    3

FTV3951

Short Video Workshop

2    2    3

FTV3952

Radio Production

3    0    3

FTV3953

Documentary Film Making

3    0    3

FTV3954

Advanced Digital Editing

3    0    3

FTV3956

World Cinema

3    0    3

FTV3957

Radio Workshop

2    2    3

FTV3958

Advanced Screenwriting

3    0    3

FTV4901

Turkish Cinema I

3    0    3

FTV4902

Turkish Cinema II

3    0    3

FTV4904

Acting for Camera

3    0    3

FTV4911

Graduation Project I

3    2    4

FTV4912

Graduation Project II

2    4    4

FTV4923

TV Technology and Culture

3    0    3

FTV4928

Narrative Scene Analysis

3    0    3

FTV4929

Directing I

3    0    3

FTV4930

Directing II

3    0    3

FTV4931

Film Genres

3    0    3

FTV4932

Screenwriting Workshop I

3    0    3

FTV4934

Advanced Sound

3    0    3

FTV4936

Producing and Post Production

3    0    3

FTV4938

Television Workshop

3    0    3

FTV4944

Screenwriting Workshop II

3    0    3

FTV4990

Summer Training

0    0    0

FTV5001

Horror, Gender and Society

3    0    3

FTV5004

Film and TV addiences

3    0    3

FTV5006

Science-Fiction, Technology&Society

3    0    3

FTV5008

Film Production

3    0    3

FTV5011

Documentary Film&Video

3    0    3

FTV5012

Documentary Production

3    0    3

FTV5014

Turkish Cinema

3    0    3

FTV5018

Urban Space and Cinema

3    0    3

FTV5019

Popular Culture and Television

3    0    3

FTV5020

Reading Strataegies of Television

3    0    3

FTV5060

Basics of Film&Video Making

3    0    3

FTV5100

Economy Politics of Cinema: Specific Case Turkey

3    0    3

FTV5517

Research Methods I

3    0    3

FTV5518

Research Methods II

3    0    3

FTV5887

Seminar

0    0    0

FTV5888

Master Thesis

0    0    0

FTV5915

Theory and Literature of Film-TV Studies

3    0    3

FTV5929

A History of Narrative Film

3    0    3

FTV1915

Introduction to Film and TV I

This course is a practical and theoretical introduction to filmmaking.It presents filmmaking technology as a means of making choices and organizing materials.Through lectures,workshops,presentations,screenings,discussion,readings,and above all,through hands-on experience (in-class,as well as,out-of-class),the students will learn the creative capacity of the medium. They will also master a technical vocabulary and some of the most valuable fundamentals of professional production.

FTV1916

Introduction to Film and TV II

This course will continue where the first semester course left off. Students will continue to gain a simple and broad-based introduction to filmmaking by solving practical problems and making simple projects. By the end of the semester,students will know how to operate digital video cameras,edit,as well as understand how to translate an idea into cinematic terms and execute that idea. Students will be encouraged to use the work they produce in class for submission to festivals.

FTV2914

Film Theory

This course aims to provide the students with a basic understanding of alternative theoretical frameworks to cinema. It will start with classical approaches and culminate with recent revision trends in the field. The students will be provided with some key texts and be exposed to some films to illustrate the topics.

FTV2915

History of Cinema

The course focuses on those moments in narrative cinema’s development that possess particular relevance from a historical perspective be it aesthetic, social or economic. It will start from the origins of the cinema and will follow all the essential moments of the silent film and crucial movements like the Expressionism in Germany, New Realism in Italy and New Wave in France and other developments. The course will be supported with film examples of each period. Screenings will be followed by analytical discussions.

FTV2918

Video Production

The course will teach students the basics of narrative video production. We will cover the use of MiniDv cameras and related equipment, as well as cover the basics of narrative cinema language: editing/directing styles, shot planning, blocking of action, etc…

FTV2921

Camera and Lighting

Do we still need to use lighting as the cameras have been such developed ? Why do we need to use lighting ? These are the most important topics that will be held through the course. Principles of lighting, organizations of lighting and camera according to production will also be examined. The content will be supported with the practical information.

FTV2923

Art of Storytelling

This class aims to introduce students to two critical concepts, narrative and genre, that allow us to understand how stories in media are organized, presented, and received. Starting with a history of narrative forms originating in oral narration, we will cover stories not only from literature but also from various contemporary media. Apart from a historical survey of narratives, we will take a look at what a genre is and how genres are differentiated.

FTV3926

Advanced Lighting and Camera Techniques

The students will acquire much more practical information, having learned the principles of lighting and camera. Which type of lighting with which organizations is placed upon the set ? What are the techniques being used with dramatic productions ? These answers for these questions wil make the primary concern of the course.

FTV3931

Digital Editing

This one semester course will cover the basics of editing narrative material on the Avid DV Express editing system. In the course we will not only cover all the basic and intermediate issues required to operate the editing system, but also learn the foundations of editing theory by applying practice.

FTV3932

Sound in Television and Cinema

This course will introduce students to the basics of the use of sound in cinema, covering aesthetics, concepts, and technical aspects of film sound and music. Students will also learn the basics of digital sound editing, foley, mixing, as well as computer-based music production.

FTV3933

Film Criticism

This course aims to take the students forward in the evaluation and understanding of films of world cinema.In fact, It’s more an analysis of films, and first watching the films, the students will be drawn in a dynamic discussion of them. The program includes film classics as well as cult and marginal films.

FTV3935

Radio Programming

In this course the general radio broadcasting information will be shared and the details of the radio programming will also be mentioned. How to be good radio broadcaster, programmer, presenter, dj, producer etc. that will be given the best ways.

FTV3937

Visual Composition in TV

This course focuses on film production and film directing in relation to use of camera, character placements and settings; alternative methods in film production are also analysed and used.The aim of the course is to enable students to see and apply fundemantals of visual composition in film; principles and applications in terms of theory and practice.

FTV3939

Reporting in Electronic Media

This course offers an overview of the unique challenges presented by reporting for TV and radio. Gathering of news, preparation of stories, the art of writing and story-telling and basic concepts of presentation and production will be covered. Other topics will include ethics, the special challenges of reporting for an international audience and current trends in electronic media reporting both in developed and developing societies.

FTV3941

Screenwriting

Screenwriting, more than any other form of storytelling, is both artistic and technical. This course will take a close inspection at how screenwriting lends itself to cinema. In doing so, we will examine screenplays that possess literary integrity, analyze the art of adaptation and spend some time on creative writing. Some emphasis will be given to crafting a short film screenplay by the end of the semester.

FTV3944

TV Programming and PRoduction

The course will survey specifications of strategic programming in different tv channel types, defining programming, programming principles, preparing tv program proposal, programming in Turkish TV stations and competition in programming. Also main characteristics and kinds of tv shows, designing of different kinds of TV shows will be thaught in this course.

FTV3946

Media Audiences

This course will explore the critical relationship between mass media products (i.e. TV programs and films) and consumers (i.e. TV and film viewers). It will trace the development of mass media audience and reception theories, and will investigate how audience research is carried out. While the focus will remain on film and television audiences, we will also look at the social impacts of the music industry.

FTV3948

TV Journalism

As a professional work field, how to define tv jourmalism, what are the differences between news processing in any other media, how to practise it, what is its institutional structure, work dysipline, and ethical framework? This course will try to find out these questions’ answers by focusing on educational practices with the help of actual issues.

FTV3951

Short Video Workshop

The students will be guided in making short video projects In this course. The scope of the projects will range from featurettes to documentaries to experimental works, depending on each student’s inclinations and talents. The end results will be posted in the faculty web portal and submitted to festivals.

FTV3952

Radio Production

In this course the radio editing information will be given and different types of radio programmes will be made. For instance the music , the decomentary, the interview , the news and etc. Also the roles and responsibilities of the programmer , the editor , the host , the dj , the productıon director and the others will be discussed.

FTV3953

Documentary Film Making

This class will be a theoretical and practical discussion platform that looks to investigate ”Documentary”. We will be analyzing the different styles and historical movements that have shaped this category, also questioning the current “revival”.Is there a capacity within the medium to provide “reality” and “truth”? And what defines this category called: “Documentary”? You will produce your own project.

FTV3954

Advanced Digital Editing

Nearly every major motion picture and prime-time television program is edited on Avid. This course is a practical introduction to the advanced techniques of editing on Avid systems who want to enhance their productivity and creativity.

FTV3956

World Cinema

The course aims provide the students with a familiarity with the major directors, notable film schools and key national cinemas across the globe. Moreover, it strives the enable the students to grasp the various national and international dynamics which shape national cinemas.

FTV3957

Radio Workshop

The students will be guided in making radio projects utilizing the faculty’s radio facilities in this course. The scope of the projects will range depending on each student’s inclinations and talents. The end results will be transmitted in the school radio.

FTV3958

Advanced Screenwriting

In this course, variations on the basic terms and concepts of screenwriting (the premise, inner/outer motivation, inner/outer conflict, the three-act structure and character construction) in practice according to different genres will be studied. There will be film screenings and in class discussions.The students will write homework and submit a screenplay as term project.

FTV4901

Turkish Cinema I

In this course the films belong to different genres will be screened and the emerging conditions of these genres will be discussed. There will be discussions about Turkish Film directors. How production and distribution conditions determine the authenticity of Turkish Cinema will also be mentioned.

FTV4902

Turkish Cinema II

In this course the films belong to different genres will be screened and the emerging conditions of these genres will be discussed. There will be discussions about Turkish Film players. How production and distribution conditions determine the authenticity of Turkish Cinema will also be mentioned.

FTV4904

Acting for Camera

Acting for Camera In this course, Stanislavski’s basic acting trainings will be examined and the techniques for acting for camera will be explained. The techniques learned will be put in practice by the students.

FTV4911

Graduation Project I

This course will be for the supervision and guidance of the senior year students in FTV as they produce their graduation projects (short films). Individual students will meet with the instructor weekly as they write, plan and realize their projects. At the end of the semester,students will finish the editing of the films and we will have a screenings of the works.

FTV4912

Graduation Project II

This course will be for the supervision and guidance of the senior year students in FTV as they produce their final graduation projects (short films). Individual students will meet with the instructor weekly as they write and plan their projects, which will be more advanced than their projects from 1st semestre. At the end of the semester,students will finish the editing of the films and we will have a screenings of the works.

FTV4923

TV Technology and Culture

This course will offer an analysis of the televisual mediumin terms of its history, form and content. By the end of the semester, students will be able to “read” television both as a cultural text and as a contemporary technological medium.

FTV4928

Narrative Scene Analysis

This is a class that ties together everything the students have learned in practical and theoretical classes with the goal towards making the students better filmmakers. Every week we watch a new film and analyze a chosen scene in terms of the shooting, editing, mise-en-scene,decoupage, cinematography,sound and music.It is a broad based introduction to many styles of directing, editing, and narrative structure, but aims to simplify our understanding of how films work.

FTV4929

Directing I

This course is based on how director brings together the production processes such as production design, lighting, editing, use of music. Furthermore during production process of a film or advertisement film, it discusses how director treats script in terms of storytelling styles. This class concantrates on preperation of advanced storytelling styles.

FTV4930

Directing II

This course is a continuation of the first-semester course “Directing I”. The subjects disscussed during the first semester (production design, lighting, editing, use of music) will be put into practise in relation to film and advertisement film. These test videos will be edited together in order to create a short film at the end of the semester.

FTV4931

Film Genres

The course will start with the problems of definition of genre, with special emphasis given to specific iconographies of genres. Then, the course will deal with the issue of genre within the contexts of history, industry, ideology and authorship. Finally, some case studies of various genres (such as melodrama, horror, etc) will be covered. Extensive film screenings will accompany this second part of the course.

FTV4932

Screenwriting Workshop I

This course will deal with the basic writing elements of dramatic storytelling. – Setting up a dramatical structure- Rules of classical drama- Creating characters- Dealing with conflicts- Setting up a plot- Methods of scriptwriting- Adapting the script to fit the production- Testing the logic of flow

FTV4934

Advanced Sound

When there is good cinematography, lighting, editing, or special effects, you can see it on the screen. But good audio post-production is mostly invisible.You don’t know which noises were caused by on-screen action, and which were added later.Equalization, dynamics control, noise, reduction, and all the other process discusses in this lecture are usually used as subtle corrections, not special effects.

FTV4936

Producing and Post Production

This course provides an introduction to the critical understanding of visual media through small group video production. Students will learn to analyze audio-visual media forms in terms of composition, framing, lighting, sound and editing and will apply this to the creation of short video productions. Screenings of examples of a range of media forms and genres will facilitate an exploration of the relationship between convention and experimentation in media production.

FTV4938

Television Workshop

This course is an advanced level television workshop. There will be two main components to the course: theoretical framework and production practice. In the first part, the course will engage with issues surrounding television studies and television production. The second part will focus on and studio production. The overall aim of the course is to provide students with the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary about television theory, aesthetics and production practices.

FTV4944

Screenwriting Workshop II

This course is a continuation of “Screenwriting Workshop I”. Having mastered and practiced screenwriting basics, the students will be guided into preparing projects to be submitted for competitions and and other venues.

FTV4990

Summer Training

The objective of summer training is for the student to get to know different sectors and expertise areas of his profession, to start building up a CV, and to get the kind of work experience that will put him/her ahead of his peers when he/she goes out looking for a job after graduation.

FTV5001

Horror, Gender and Society

Horror cinema as a genre reflecting various ?othering? dynamics in western societies. The main emphasis on the subjects related with gender. Horror cinema as representing monsters, feminine genders or genders that have deviated from the sexual norms. A special emphasis on the new approaches emphasizing the spectatorship of horror movies is grounded on masochistic pleasures. Another group of interest: foreign cultures, minorities, underclasses, etc. represented as monsters. Study on the historical dimensions of genre cinema by examining the changes in tendencies and their socio-cultural links.

FTV5004

Film and TV addiences

Studies on the critical relationship between mass media products (TV programs and films) and the spectators. Early concepts of ?spectator?, ?performance? and ?exhibition? and the theories of spectator and perception. Critical examination on the way the spectator researches are presented in the media sector. The social effects of the new media technologies and the function of interactive media in the spectator’s reconstruction of the text and exhibition in the digital period via examination of examples, old and new.

FTV5006

Science-Fiction, Technology&Society

Science-fiction as a gender reflecting the social development with all its political and economic aspects, and contradictions. The main motives, directions and twists of the mainstream science-fiction cinema. Studies on the cinema of David Cronenberg as an auteur. Discussion on the discourse(s) of body-technology-existence in Cronenberg films. Lastly, a short examination on the very few Yeşilçam production science-fiction films.

FTV5008

Film Production

Important components of cinema: Camera angles, continuity, cutting, close-ups, composition. Factors involved in telling a story with film, and application how theatrical filming techniques can be successfully applied to non-theatrical pictures.

FTV5011

Documentary Film&Video

Study of documentary film via a theoretical and empirical standpoint. A brief look at different styles and historical currents. A proposal submission at the end of the course as Documentary Film is a field of intense research. Thorough and careful research in the pre-production of the documentary film.

FTV5012

Documentary Production

Continuation of Documentary Film and Video course. Discussions on ?Does the medium have the capacity to convey reality or correctness?’ and ?What characterizes a category as documentary?’ A project submission at the end of the course which will be evaluated as the Final.

FTV5014

Turkish Cinema

From cultural, social, and political point of view, the role of cinema on Turkish society. A brief history of Turkish films beginning from the early film productions in Istanbul. The effect of traditional drama and other arts on Turkish Cinema. ?Yeşilçam’ as the center of production and distribution center of Turkish Film Industry from 1950’s to 1980’s. Aspects of the ?New Cinema’ from the 1990’s to the present time.

FTV5018

Urban Space and Cinema

Analysis and questioning the ways of cinema’s depictions of the cities and also see how images suggest and indicate underlying assumptions and their relationship to historical and cultural phenomenon. Exploring urban questions from the perspective of different disciplines – film studies, urban sociology, urban geography, cultural studies, as well as political philosophy. In our interrogative study of film and urban space, studies of production processes of urban spaces and spatial practices, architectural distinctiveness, diversity, and dynamism of cities in relation with social, cultural and political aspects together with the cinema’s forms of representation.

FTV5019

Popular Culture and Television

This course examines the history and theorizing of popular culture in modern era. Starts from the ?culture and civilization? approach and ends with ?postmodern positions? on the theoretical scene. Analyzes critically how power relations in economic, political and cultural contexts define hegemonic existence of media. Looks particularly how television has historically evolved from its origins in radio to its future in digital convergence. Combined with popular culture, takes the television as the most powerful form of communication today.

FTV5020

Reading Strataegies of Television

This course scans the possible reading strategies of television from semiology to political-economics. Surveys early criticisms of public opinion formation; the rise and decline of the public service broadcating model; global media conglomerates and governmental interventions. Presents sociocultural, textual, industrial and audience perspectives put forth by television studies scholars, discussing the dynamically changing nature of the medium. Analyzes how and why the genres and formats always change, defines television as a site of gender and identity formation, its role in daily practices and its technological influences over people.

FTV5060

Basics of Film&Video Making

Basic elements of plot by using the means of film and video. Basic concepts in how to use the camera, to mount, to compose a story in making a film or a video. Main objective is to enable the students to use the basic techniques of film making and to compose a story by means of these techniques.

FTV5100

Economy Politics of Cinema: Specific Case Turkey

Turkish Cinema has entered a new era since the 1990’s. It has developed a new language with the young filmmakers. At the same time, Turkish audience began to prefer Turkish films in movie theraters. This sectoral mobility has caused important changes and developments in Turkish Cinema. In our course, Turkish cinema Indutry and its relation to government and other sectors will be analyzed and also specific attention will be given to some principles in film production like Censor, Domestic sources of support government and private sector; Foreign Funds; Copyrights and Relationship with TV Channels.

FTV5517

Research Methods I

Research process where students learn how to formulate a research question and define a research problem, decide upon a research design, assess data collection methods, define a sampling frame, determine types of data analyses, interpret data appropriately, and prepare a research report. An understanding of the importance of research in the development of communication strategies. An examination of specific methods used for communication research. Focus groups and in-depth interviewing, polling and content analysis, survey research, and online research.

FTV5518

Research Methods II

Research process where students learn how to formulate a research question and define a research problem, decide upon a research design, assess data collection methods, define a sampling frame, determine types of data analyses, interpret data appropriately, and prepare a research report. An understanding of the importance of research in the development of communication strategies. An examination of specific methods used for communication research. Focus groups and in-depth interviewing, polling and content analysis, survey research, and online research.

FTV5887

Seminar

This seminar is a mandatory course for students writing thesis. Under the supervision of their advisors, students will develop their research topic, review relevant research and scholarship, frame their questions and arguments, choose an appropriate methodology for analysis, draft the introductory and methodology sections of their thesis.

FTV5888

Master Thesis

The Master Thesis, mandatory for all students, consists of an independent study on a specific topic written under the supervision of an advisor.

FTV5915

Theory and Literature of Film-TV Studies

The key concepts and theories of film and television. In the first half of the semester, brief look on some basic texts of humanities and social sciences disciplines to make students see how the communication sciences emerged as an autonomous field. In the second half of the semester, focus on the subjects that are specific to film and television studies. Discussion on key subjects like author/creator, text, spectator/reader/audience, meaning and context from different perspectives such as modernism, postmodernism, critical theory, media effects model, cultural studies and feminism.

FTV5929

A History of Narrative Film

A form of art or not, relationship of cinema with social, cultural, economic, political and psychological fields both in national and international contexts. A general understanding about different periods in the history of cinema by means of the films discussed covering the history of cinema from its invention to the current period.