ILEM706 Methods in Film Studies

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Course Goal / Objective

This course is a survey of the discipline of film studies and its methodologies. It also aims to examine various cinema forms, styles and genres historically in the research methods context.

Course Content

This course focuses on research methods to examine the film form, aesthetics, and film structure; and also it focuses on film history and audience studies methods.

Course Precondition

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Resources

Bowles, K. (2009). Limit of maps? Locality and cinema-going in Australia. Media International Australia, 131(1), 83-94. Hoyt, E. (2022). Ink-Stained Hollywood: The Triumph of American Cinema’s Trade Press. University of California Press. Hoyt, E. (2014). Lenses for lantern: Data mining, visualization, and excavating film history's neglected sources. Film History: An International Journal, 26(2), 146-168. Hoyt, E., Ponto, K., & Roy, C. (2014). Visualizing and Analyzing the Hollywood Screenplay with ScripThreads. DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly, 8(4). Hoyt, E., Tran, T., Long, D., Hughes, K., & Ponto, K. (2018). Searching, Mining, and Interpreting Media History’s Big Data. In The Routledge Companion to Media Studies and Digital Humanities (pp. 413-422). Routledge. Verhoeven, D., Bowles, K., & Arrowsmith, C. (2009). Mapping the movies. reflections on the use of geospatial technologies for historical cinema audience research (pp. 69-82). transcript.

Notes

Barsam, R. M., & Monahan, D. (2010). Looking at Movies: An Introduction to Film (3. Baskı). Londra: W. W. Norton & Company Ltd. Biltereyst, D., & Meers, P. (2018). Film, cinema and reception studies: Revisiting research on audience’s filmic and cinematic experiences. In E. Di Giovanni & Y. Gambier (Eds.), Reception Studies and Audiovisual Translation (pp. 21–42). John Benjamins Publishing Company. Bordwell, D. (2006). The Way Hollywood Tells it: Story and Style in Modern Movies. California: University of California Press. Corrigan, T., & White, P. (2012). The Film Experience: An Introduction (3. Baskı). Boston & New York: Bedford / St. Martin’s. Elsaesser, T., & Buckland, W. (2002). Studying Contemporary American Film: A Guide to Movie Analysis. New York: Oxford University Press. Gregory, I. N., & Geddes, A. (Eds.). (2014). Toward Spatial Humanities: Historical GIS and Spatial History. Indiana University Press. Hallam, J., & Roberts, L. (2011). Mapping, memory and the city: Archives, databases and film historiography. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 14(3), 355–372. Klenotic, J. (2011). Using GIS to Explore the Spatiality of Cinema. In R. Maltby, D. Biltereyst, & P. Meers (Eds.), Explorations in New Cinema History: Approaches and Case Studies (pp. 58–84). Wiley-Blackwell. Monaco, J. (2008). Bir Film Nasıl Okunur? – Sinema Dili, Tarihi ve Kuramı – Sinema, Medya ve Mültimedya Dünyası (10. Baskı). E. Yılmaz (çev.), İstanbul: Oğlak Yayıncılık. Phillips, P. (2000). Understanding Film Texts: Meaning and Experience. Londra: BFI Publishing. Phillips, P. (2012). Spectator, Audience and Response. Nelmes, J. (Ed.), Introduction to Film Studies (5. Baskı) içinde (114–141). Londra & New York: Routledge. Pramaggiore, M. ve Wallis, T. (2008). Film: A Critical Introduction (2. Baskı). Londra: Laurence King Publishing Ltd. Ryan, M., & Lenos, M. (2012). Film Çözümlemesine Giriş – Anlatı Sinemasında Teknik ve Anlam. E. S. Onat (çev.), Ankara: De Ki Basım Yayım.

Course Learning Outcomes

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Week Plan

Student Workload - ECTS