Screenplay (ART261) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Screenplay ART261 Fall and Spring 3 0 0 3 4
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives Basic information about a movie script and its theories, create a synopsis treatment, and a scenario based on their original or adapted stories.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • The students are able to create a synopsis treatment and a scenario based on their original or adapted stories.
  • able to give a clear definition of the scriptwriting phases.
  • able to discuss the usage of the new manners of telling in movie.
  • able to explain the important rules of converting the written scenario into a movie.
Course Content Basic information about movie script and its theories; creating a synopsis treatman and a scenario based on original or adopted stories.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introducing the general content and the method of the course, discussing the definition of all techniques of scenario.
2 History of scenario
3 Types of scenario (Draft Story, Developed Scenario, Shooting Scenario)
4 The structure of telling manners; traditional dramatic telling, basic structure scenario, introduction-body-conclusion scenario, conflict, starting points, main story.
5 Propose in scenario
6 Characters in scenario
7 Conflict and its types in scenario
8 Midterm
9 Story, plot, characters
10 Structures of the dialogues and the format
11 Types of a Scenario; Thought-Story, Synopsis, Treatman, Shooting Scenario, Storyboard
12 Point of views in scenario
13 Narration techniques and timing in scenario
14 Dialogues in scenario, sound, the usage of music and cinematography for screenplay
15 General Assessment
16 Final Assessment

Sources

Other Sources 1. Akyürek, F. (2009). Senaryo Yazarı Olmak, Senaryo Yazmak. İstanbul: MediaCat Yayıncılık.
2. Costello, J. (2010). Senaryo Yazımı. Barış Baysal (Çev.). İstanbul: Kalkedon Yayıncılık.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 15 10
Laboratory - -
Application 10 20
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 27 100
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Skills to understand, compare and paraphrase the basic concepts of law as a jurist following common principles of law.
2 Skills to solve problems using a critical point of view when necessary , to determine and analyse the theoretical and implementation problems of law.
3 Contribution to understanding, planning, exercising and coordinating the functionss of law, by explaining and practising.
4 Skills to understand the strategic, tactical and practical sides of private and public law.
5 Skills to understand the local, national, international, universal and supranational sides of private and public law.
6 Skills to understand the modern methods and differences of law.
7 Skills to participate in/inter disciplinary group works succesfully.
8 Skills to adopt open minded behaviors in the way of learning and attempting.
9 Skills to assimilate and carry the rules of ethics and profession within the framework of social responsibility
10 Skills to use Turkish efficiently in writing and speaking, and have the communication talent that is required by a law related career.
11 Skills to approach critically and creativly on the legal and social problems in terms of rule of law and ideal of justice.
12 Skills to understand and practice the national and international sides of law through caselaw and judical implementations.
13 Skills to prepare/present a written or oral academic study within the framework of acedemic ethic and rules.
14 Skills to use vocational information technologies efficiently in solving legal problems.
15 Skills to reinforce knowledge of foreign languages and command of legal terminolgy.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application 10 2 20
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 3 3 9
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 10 10
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 13 13
Total Workload 100