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.
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