Cinema and Television

FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT OF CINEMA AND TELEVISION

The primary aim of university education is to develop universal awareness, problem-solving skills and critical thinking. Guided by the motto of universality and flexibility, our University aims to enable students not only to become communication professionals in line with international standards but also to become agenda-setting, entrepreneurial, critical, creative, conciliatory, specialized and pioneering individuals.

DEPARTMENT OF CINEMA AND TELEVISION

With its comprehensive curriculum, the Bahçeşehir University Department of Cinema and Television offers a four-year education designed to provide students with knowledge, insight and perspective in line with the development of film production practices from the past to the present. While providing our students with both theoretical and practical education in film production, we also aim to give them experience in effectively using the distribution and exhibition tools that have evolved with today's technology. Our interdisciplinary approach brings together the skills that enable students, regardless of their chosen area of specialization, to take advantage of all the opportunities they will encounter in their professional lives.

Throughout their four-year education, our students will examine the cultural impact of film, television and the internet on societies while also creating film and interactive digital media works. Along the way, we aim to teach our students the creative language of the moving image by making use of the opportunities offered by technology, to establish the theoretical foundation that will enable them to develop and transform this language, and also to convey the change brought about by digitalization, educating them as competent professionals in their careers accordingly. In our education, where art and technological progress meet, we have changed our course content in this direction. While our practical courses keep pace with technological developments that are renewed every day, the content of our theoretical courses has also been renewed to generate discussions on new production, narrative and viewing practices.

OBJECTIVE

Our priority is to educate professionals who recognize the transformation of the cinema and television sector in Türkiye as well as throughout the world, adapt themselves to this transformation, and thereby shape production in these sectors.

PROGRAM

To graduate from Bahçeşehir University, students must complete a course load of 130 credits. In the first two years, in addition to psychology, sociology, visual arts history and communication theories, which help future opinion-leading professionals first gain the best understanding of the world, human nature and their country, our students are equipped with a comprehensive program of courses on the practice and theory of cinema and television. Alongside courses such as cinema history, film theory and world cinema, practice-based courses such as photography, directing, digital editing, screenwriting, camera and lighting, and documentary filmmaking give our students experience in audiovisual production. In the third and fourth years, to guide our students toward professional specialization, we offer a pool of elective courses such as production, post-production, advanced editing, advanced screenwriting, cinematography, short film production, FX makeup and art direction. The electives in the third year are Departmental Elective, Non-departmental and General Elective courses, which aim to strengthen students' worldview and provide additional skills. Students may also take COOP courses conducted in collaboration with the industry if they wish. In addition to all these opportunities, within the scope of our faculty's joint education model, our students in their 3rd and 4th years have the chance to complete internships at leading companies in the sector during the academic year. In this way, they are able to experience their academic education in the field. Our Cinema and TV students graduate having produced 8 short films over their four-year education. In the 4th year, they graduate by shooting their final short films within the scope of the Graduation Project 1-2 courses, which span two semesters.

LABORATORIES

The Department of Cinema and Television provides high-resolution digital cameras, lighting and sound equipment, and lavalier microphones that our students can use throughout their four years. In addition, there are three advanced editing and compositing studios and one television studio on the -2nd floor, our green box studio on the 3rd floor, our Vlog studio established under our agreement with Sony, and our digital editing studio with 6 Mac computers, which is always open to our students. Furthermore, many of our practical courses are held in our Mac and PC laboratory classrooms.

MISSION

The history of cinema should be considered together with the history of technological developments. With each new technology, cinema has gained a new style of expression. Today, cultural production is organized according to innovations in communication technologies. Digital technology has changed the conditions of the traditional film industry. Technological development affects our cultural world more and more each day. Changing conditions open up an independent space of production for artists and change film viewing practices. In the digital age, audiovisual productions made with mobile phones reach more people through ever-increasing social media platforms. In short, it has become possible for any idea to emerge as a film or a television program. As the Department of Cinema and Television of our Faculty, we keep pace with this transformation through an interdisciplinary education program that aims to enable our students to follow this transformation in the era of digital change. Türkiye is the world's second most important exporter of television series after the United States. Our mission is to educate young cinema and television professionals who have the knowledge and talent to keep pace with such a dynamic sector, who can grasp the sectoral transformation and needs not only in Türkiye but throughout the world, and who can guide themselves and the sector accordingly.

OBJECTIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CINEMA AND TELEVISION

1- Graduates have the knowledge and skills to produce audiovisual content in all fields such as cinema, television, advertising and visual journalism.

2- They become communication professionals who continue their education together with the industry, are well equipped in their field, are knowledgeable in all areas of communication, and have a command of technological developments.

3- They are specialized and knowledgeable in their field, have the ability to use knowledge, and continue their professional development throughout their lives in a way that contributes to society through this ability.

4- By using technology effectively, they gain an advantage and create value in the global competitive environment.

CINEMA AND TELEVISION PROGRAM OUTCOMES

1. Familiar with the basic theoretical and analytical concepts and methods of the social sciences and fine arts aimed at understanding the world and society
2. Has a command of basic knowledge of different media and art forms,
3. Has a command of the historical accumulation and new developments in audiovisual media in the world and in Türkiye
4. Has a command of audiovisual language and aesthetics in the world and in Türkiye
5. Able to create a narrative that can be used in a fictional or non-fictional audiovisual work
6. Able to write a shooting-ready script
7. Able to turn an existing script into a photoboard and shoot it using a camera, lighting and other necessary equipment
8. Able to transfer recorded footage to digital media, edit it and carry out other post-production processes
9. Able to produce audiovisual works specific to television and new media, including the pre-production, shooting, editing and post-production stages
10. Has the cultural and theoretical analytical competence to interpret an audiovisual work in terms of its audiovisual language and narrative, approach it critically and express these approaches in writing
11. Has a sense of ethics and social responsibility
12. Has the competence to work independently and take responsibility
13. Has the culture, skills, theoretical knowledge and competence to produce and analyze fictional and non-fictional audiovisual works for cinema, television and new media. Knowing that cinema is the art form that most influences the masses, and considering that audiovisual stories and the information they convey are the narratives that affect societies most effectively, our students are educated as young communication professionals who will act with the awareness that they are opinion leaders who will shape the world they live in.

ADVANTAGES OF BEING A BAHÇEŞEHİR STUDENT

1. A city is a constantly changing and transforming structure, like a living organism. To follow the changes in daily life, a communication professional must be present in the midst of life itself. Since our University is in a highly advantageous location, our students can follow the changing world within a metropolis like Istanbul throughout their education.
2. Our University has a very strong academic staff with faculty members recognized throughout Türkiye.
3. Bahçeşehir University is the only university in Türkiye with officially registered universities and campuses abroad. At present, our sister universities, BAU Germany and BAU USA, are located in Berlin and Washington, D.C., respectively. Both universities have campuses and facilities in these cities. In addition, there is an English language school in Washington. A student admitted to Bahçeşehir University may, if they wish, attend the Preparatory School in Washington and complete the first and second years in Türkiye. The programs of Bahçeşehir Istanbul and its sister universities are fully compatible with each other. With this structure, BAU is the only university that offers global students the opportunity to complete their education not only in Türkiye but also in two of the world's most important centers, the EU and the United States. Bahçeşehir University is working to expand this system to other countries, especially Hong Kong, in the near future. In addition, Bahçeşehir University has student exchange agreements with more than 50 universities around the world, and our students may also benefit from the Erasmus program if they wish.
4. As the Department of Cinema and Television, we have been participating in the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival with our student films since 2015. In 2022, we were selected as the pilot school from Türkiye by the Sarajevo International Film Festival. Our students obtain accreditation at these festivals and attend workshops, talks and film screenings.
5. Bahçeşehir University is the first university in Türkiye to truly implement university–industry/business collaboration. This collaboration is carried out within the framework of the COOP program. By taking courses from employees of leading companies in the sector with which we have agreements under the COOP program, such as Netflix, BluTV, Sony, TV8, Habertürk, Cinema 8 and Power FM, students can follow the latest developments in the sector and introduce themselves to professionals during classes. Under the COOP program, executives from television channels, SVOD platforms, and advertising and production agencies with which we have agreements come to the University for 14 weeks to teach students how work is done at their organizations, and also provide on-site training by taking students to their organizations. Before graduating, Bahçeşehir students gain extensive knowledge of how work is done at these organizations.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Our Career Center helps graduating students find employment. Our graduates can find jobs in all positions in various departments of television channels, film and television series production companies, advertising agencies and post-production companies, and can also establish their own companies or agencies. As mentioned above, Bahçeşehir University offers students several important advantages in finding employment in the future. These are:

1. The opportunity to establish one-to-one contact with the industry and its senior executives while still studying, thanks to the COOP program
2. The international experience gained by completing part of their education abroad (BAU Berlin or BAU USA) and by participating in the film festivals mentioned above
3. An education that is as strong in practice as it is in theory

CINEMA AND TELEVISION RANKING AND BASE SCORE

The 2022Cinema and Television rankingsand base scores have been announced. The 2022 TYT AYT (YKS) Base Scores and Success Rankings are the university placement scores and rankings for 2022. You can make your preferences by comparing your 2022 score and ranking.

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