Communication

Film Industries(CTV404)

Course Code Course Name Semester Theory Practice Lab Credit ECTS
CTV404 Film Industries 8 3 0 0 3 6
Prerequisites
Admission Requirements
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Type
Course Level Bachelor Degree
Course Instructor(s) Ece VİTRİNEL evitrinel@gsu.edu.tr (Email)
Assistant
Objective Aim of this course is to teach execution and models of film industries through examples from Turkey and the world. Accordingly, besides actors of industrial process, value added production models and overview of problematic areas, examination of relationship between film industries and cultural and artistic features are also in the content of the course.
Content Week 1. Definitions and field of film industries

Week 2. Film as a national “product”

Week 3. Features of production, distribution and consumption

Week 4. Working models and industrial relations

Week 5. Market and conditions of work

Week 6. Unions and their structures

Week 7. Practise of watching a film and sociology of audience

Week 8. Support policies to film industries: national public support
(CNC model in French and support mechanisms in Turkey)

Week 9. Regional public supports: Eurimages

Week 10. Private sector support: television, advertisement and
sponsorship

Week 11. Cultural, stylistic and aesthetic reflection of film
industries: examples around the world (cinema in Europe)

Week 12. Cultural, stylistic and aesthetic reflection of film
industries: examples around the world (cinema out of Europe and
USA)

Week 13. Cultural, stylistic and aesthetic reflection of film
industries: examples around the world (cinema out of Europe and
USA)

Week 14. Cultural, stylistic and aesthetic reflection of film
industries: Turkish cinema
Course Learning Outcomes At the end of this course, students will

-know the working process of film industries.
-know different work models and executions of film
industries in the world.
-know reflection of industrial factors on cinema culture and
aesthetics.
-form their vocational choice and orientation on the base of
this knowledge.
Teaching and Learning Methods
References CRETON Laurent L’économie du cinéma, Armand Colin, Paris,
2005
BENGHOZI Jean-Pierre, Le cinéma entre l’art et l’argent,
L’Harmattan, Paris, 1989
FARCHY Joelle, La fin de l’exception culturelle ?,
FERRO Marc, Cinéma et Histoire, gallimard, Folio Histoire, Paris,
1993
CASSETTI Francesco, Les théories du cinéma depuis 1945, Nathan
Cinéma, Paris, Paris, 1999
HILL John and CHURCH GINSON Pamela (ed. by), World
Cinema, Oxford University Press, 2000
HILL John and CHURCH GINSON Pamela (ed. by), American
Cinema and Hollywood, Oxford University Press, 2000
POUCET Anne Marie (sous la dir. de), Yeşilçam. L’âge d’or du
cinéma turc, Festival International du Film d’Amiens, 2009
KIREL Serpil, Yeşilçam Öykü Sineması, Babil Yayınları, İstanbul, 2005
SCOGNAMILLO Giovanni, Dünya Film Endüstrileri, Sel
Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001
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Theory Topics
Week Weekly Contents
1 Definitions and field of film industries
2 Film as a national “product”
3 Features of production, distribution and consumption
4 Working models and industrial relations
5 Market and conditions of work
6 Unions and their structures
7 Practise of watching a film and sociology of audience
8 Support policies to film industries: national public support (CNC model in French and support mechanisms in Turkey)
9 Regional public supports: Eurimages
10 Private sector support: television, advertisement and sponsorship
11 Cultural, stylistic and aesthetic reflection of film industries: examples around the world (cinema in Europe)
12 Cultural, stylistic and aesthetic reflection of film industries: examples around the world (cinema out of Europe and USA)
13 Cultural, stylistic and aesthetic reflection of film industries: examples around the world (cinema out of Europe and USA)
14 Cultural, stylistic and aesthetic reflection of film industries: Turkish cinema
Practice Topics
Week Weekly Contents
Contribution to Overall Grade
  Number Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade 1 40
Contribution of final exam to overall grade 1 60
Toplam 2 100
In-Term Studies
  Number Contribution
Assignments 0 0
Presentation 0 0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 40
Project 0 0
Laboratory 0 0
Other Applications 0 0
Quiz 0 0
Term Paper/ Project 0 0
Portfolio Study 0 0
Reports 0 0
Learning Diary 0 0
Thesis/ Project 0 0
Seminar 0 0
Other 0 0
Toplam 1 40
No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Will have effective written and oral communication skills in Turkish X
2 Will have a thorough knowledge of at least two foreign languages X
3 Will be informed about art and culture, human rights, social, professional and ethical values, law and legislation, quality standards, and will be aware of their responsibility on these subjects X
4 Will have sufficient knowledge about social sciences, professions and sectors in communication and media, innovative and entrepreneurial practices X
5 Will have the ability to use, in an effective and creative way, the techniques and tools and information technologies necessary for interactive and conventional media, in the context of health and safety in the workplace X
6 Will have the ability to develop documentary and fictional content related to their field for interactive and conventional media; also the ability to produce and manage this content in group X
7 Will have the theoretical knowledge and ability to carry out and share scientific work on communication environments and processes of interactive and conventional media and on the individual and social outcomes of the latter X
8 Will have the knowledge of analysis and modelling techniques to analyse interactive and conventional media and the communication environments and processes X
9 Will have the ability to question and critically analyse developments and problems concerning interactive and conventional media and the communication environments and processes, will be aware of the public interest, social responsibility and the environment, will be sensitive to contemporary world’s and Turkey's current problems; will develop a libertarian, democratic, constructive and problem-solving approach X
10 They are familiar with the historical development processes of electronic, digital media and film; and the current developments in these fields X
11 They learn sociological, cultural and aesthetic approaches in electronic, digital media and film X
Activities Number Period Total Workload
Class Hours 14 3 42
Working Hours out of Class 14 4 56
Assignments 1 10 10
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 10 10
Final Examinations (including preparation) 1 20 20
Total Workload 138
Total Workload / 25 5,52
Credits ECTS 6
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