Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits
2	NMC 110	History of World Cinema	3+0+0	3	5

Course Details

Language of Instruction	English
Level of Course Unit	Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program	BA Program in New Media and Communication
Type of Program	Formal Education
Type of Course Unit	Elective
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	This course considers some of the most significant film movements and styles in the history of the medium, such as Primitive Cinema, Early Cinema, Classical Hollywood Cinema, German Expressionism, Soviet Montage, French Poetic Realism, and Itailan Neorealism.
Course Content	This course surveys the historical context of cinema from its inception in the silent era, through to the current era. You will examine how changing political, social, and cultural discourses have affected film production practices for filmmakers. You will then apply critical analysis and academic research of specific films and/or national cinema.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	None
Name of Lecturers	Asist Prof.Dr. Hasan Ramazan Yılmaz
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources

Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell: Film History: An Introduction
Geoffrey Nowell Smith, The Oxford History of World Cinema

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Course Duration	14	3	42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud	10	4	40
Assignments	5	4	20
Presentation	6	3	18
Mid-terms	1	3	3
Practice	5	4	20
Final examination	1	3	3
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 5 146

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	Articulate the key issues in the development of the language of film in relation to the history of World Cinema.
2	Identify and describe key theoretical, aesthetic, and historical issues pertaining to World Cinema.
3	Apply knowledge and critical theory in the close analysis of filmic texts
4	Presents arguments and ideas about the development of world cinema in a clear and convincing way.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Introduction to the film art	Dudley Andrew: “An Atlas of World Cinema,” from Framework 45, 2 (Fall 2004); 9-23.
2	Early Years of Cinema	A Trip to the Moon (Georges Melies, 1902) Life of an American Fireman (E. S. Porter, 1903)
3	Hollywood studio system
4	International expansion of cinema	: Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell: Film History: An Introduction, Chapter 2, “The International Expansion of the Cinema, 1905- 1912,” 22-42
5	Classical Hollywood Cinema
6	German Expressionism	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920)
7	Soviet Montage Cinema	Strike (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
8	Midterm
9	Modern Narrative Structure	Procès de Jeanne d'Arc (Robert Bresson, 1962)
10	The Documentary Movement	Nanook of the North (Robert Flaherty, 1922)
11	Poetic Realism	La bête humaine (Jean Renoir, 1938)
12	Italian Neorealism	Ladri di biciclette (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
13	Third Cinema
14	Final Exam

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

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