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GEAR 306 | Course Introduction and Application Information
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Hollywood Cinema
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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GEAR 306
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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4
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Service Course
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionQ&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
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| Course Objectives | This course aims to enable students to develop a general knowledge of Hollywood's production/distribution/exhibition networks. It identifies main themes and styles throughout Hollywood's history and discusses its patterns of authorship, star system, technology and genres. The course contextualizes Hollywood as a global system not only as a business but also as a system of meanings. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course examines Hollywood in its economic, cultural and historical context. It studies its industrial dynamics (studio system, star system, etc.) in parallel with its narrative tendencies and stylistic devices. Students are expected to attend the lectures, watch the films and actively participate with the class discussion following each screening. |
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Core Courses | |
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| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Review of the Semester | |
| 2 | Review of the Semester | |
| 3 | Introduction - Hollywood and Social Change Modern Times (1936) Charlie Chaplim | Howe, Lawrence. "Charlie Chaplin in the age of Mechanical Reproduction: reflexive ambiguity in Modern Times." College Literature 40, no. 1 (2013): 45-65. |
| 4 | There is No Place Like Home The Wizard of Oz (1939) Victor Fleming | Pawlett W., Dhanda M., (2010) "The Shared Destiny of the Radically Other: A reading of The Wizard of Oz". Film-Philosophy, Paige, L.R. (1996) Wearing the Red Shoes: Dorothy and the Power of the Female Imagination in The Wizard of Oz, Journal of Popular Film and Television, 23:4, 146-153, |
| 5 | Doing the Thinking for U.S. Casablanca (1942) Michael Curtiz | Nachbar, Jack, (2000) "Doing the Thinking for All of Us: Casablanca and the Home Front", Journal of Popular Film and Television, 27:4, 5-15, |
| 6 | Modern Horror Pscycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock | Clover, Carol J. “Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film.” Representations, no. 20, 1987, pp. 187–228. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2928507. |
| 7 | New Hollywood Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Arthur Penn | King, G. (2002). New Hollywood Cinema: An Introduction. Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 1-39. Schatz, T. The New Hollywood (PDF handout). Tzioumakis, Y. (2006). The New Hollywood and the Independent Hollywood in American Independent Cinema: An Introduction (Rutgers, pp. 169-191. |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | |
| 9 | Misogyny and the Threat to Masculinity One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) Milos Forman | Farber, S., Americana, Sweet and Sour, The Hudson Review, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Spring, 1976), pp. 95-102 |
| 10 | Independent Cinema Do The Right Thing (1989) Spike Lee | Lott, T. L., A No-Theory Theory of Contemporary Black Cinema. Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 25, No. 2, Black Film Issue (Summer, 1991), pp. 221-236. |
| 11 | The Myth of Boyhood Rushmore (1998) Wes Anderson | Olsen, Mark. “If I Can Dream: The Everlasting Boyhoods of Wes Anderson.” Film Comment, vol. 35, no. 1, 1999, pp. 12–17. |
| 12 | History and Politics in Horror Cinema Get Out (2017) Jordan Peele | Landsberg, Alison, (2018) Horror Vérité: Politics and History in Jordan Peele’s Get Out. Continuum, 32:5, pp. 629-642. |
| 13 | Modern Nomads Nomadland (2020) Chloé Zhao | Lindemann, Tim. “Travelling the Scenic Landscape: Community, Nationalism and Precarity in Nomadland.” Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, Volume 13, Number 1, 1 June 2022, pp. 25-40. White, Patricia. “Women Auteurs, Western Promises” Film Quarterly (2022) 75 (4): pp. 23–33. |
| 14 | Course Review/Final Exam | |
| 15 | Course Review | |
| 16 | Course Review |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Bordwell, David, and Kristin Thompson. Film History: An Introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008 |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
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10
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
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40
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| Final Exam |
1
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50
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
3
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100
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
0
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
34
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0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
0
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| Presentation / Jury |
0
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| Project |
0
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
1
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30
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30
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| Final Exam |
1
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42
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42
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| Total |
120
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1 | To be able to have a grasp of basic mathematics, applied mathematics or theories and applications of statistics. |
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| 2 | To be able to use advanced theoretical and applied knowledge, interpret and evaluate data, define and analyze problems, develop solutions based on research and proofs by using acquired advanced knowledge and skills within the fields of mathematics or statistics. |
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| 3 | To be able to apply mathematics or statistics in real life phenomena with interdisciplinary approach and discover their potentials. |
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| 4 | To be able to evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired at an advanced level in the field with a critical approach and develop positive attitude towards lifelong learning. |
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| 5 | To be able to share the ideas and solution proposals to problems on issues in the field with professionals, non-professionals. |
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| 6 | To be able to take responsibility both as a team member or individual in order to solve unexpected complex problems faced within the implementations in the field, planning and managing activities towards the development of subordinates in the framework of a project. |
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| 7 | To be able to use informatics and communication technologies with at least a minimum level of European Computer Driving License Advanced Level software knowledge. |
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| 8 | To be able to act in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values on the stages of gathering, implementation and release of the results of data related to the field. |
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| 9 | To be able to possess sufficient consciousness about the issues of universality of social rights, social justice, quality, cultural values and also environmental protection, worker's health and security. |
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| 10 | To be able to connect concrete events and transfer solutions, collect data, analyze and interpret results using scientific methods and having a way of abstract thinking. |
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| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Mathematics or Statistics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language. |
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| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
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| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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