FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Department of Food Engineering
GEAR 306 | Course Introduction and Application Information
Course Name |
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 | |||||
Course Coordinator | - | |||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
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 | |
Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | ||
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 | Being able to transfer knowledge and skills acquired in mathematics and science into engineering, | |||||
2 | Being able to identify and solve problem areas related to Food Engineering, | |||||
3 | Being able to design projects and production systems related to Food Engineering, gather data, analyze them and utilize their outcomes in practice, | |||||
4 | Having the necessary skills to develop and use novel technologies and equipment in the field of food engineering, |
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5 | Being able to take part actively in team work, express his/her ideas freely, make efficient decisions as well as working individually, |
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6 | Being able to follow universal developments and innovations, improve himself/herself continuously and have an awareness to enhance the quality, |
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7 | Having professional and ethical awareness, |
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8 | Being aware of universal issues such as environment, health, occupational safety in solving problems related to Food Engineering, | |||||
9 | Being able to apply entrepreneurship, innovativeness and sustainability in the profession, |
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10 | Being able to use software programs in Food Engineering and have the necessary knowledge and skills to use information and communication technologies that may be encountered in practice (European Computer Driving License, Advanced Level), |
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11 | Being able to gather information about food engineering and communicate with colleagues using a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1) |
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12 | Being able to speak a second foreign language at intermediate level. |
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13 | Being able to relate the knowledge accumulated during the history of humanity to the field of expertise |
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