Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of Cinema
Course Code: BMY154
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

It is a course that examines the historical development of cinema since its emergence, describes the phases it has undergone due to technological, social and political developments, and reveals the changes that have occurred in the language and expression of cinema by examining the various movements of cinema.

Course Content

It includes the early years of cinema, its various eras, and the cinema of countries.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Aslıhan TOPAL
Learning Outcomes
1.The aim of this course is to provide students with an informed viewing habit by learning the history of cinema and to take a more scientific and critical look at Cinema in the light of this information.
2.Knows the history of World Cinema.
3.Explains the relationship between cinema and social structure.
4.It expresses the voiceless and audible period and the approaches laid down in relation to these periods.
5.Identify the relationship of country cinemas with the economic, political and social structure of those countries.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Rekin Teksoy. Rekin Teksoy's history of cinema Volume I and Volume II.. Istanbul: Kabalci Yayınları, 2005.
2.Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. World History Of Cinema. Çev. Ahmet Fethi. Istanbul: Kabalci Yayınları, 2003.
3.Philip Kemp (General Editor) The Whole Story Of Cinema. Dreamer, 2014
4.Alim Sharif Onaran. History Of Charades. Agora Library, 2012
5.Attila Dorsay. Director Of 100 Years. Istanbul: Remzi Kitabevi, 1995.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Information about the content of the course, presentation of written and visual sources
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
What is cinema? question, definition of cinema within the framework of criteria, emergence of cinema
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Pioneers of cinema and First Films, first screenings
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Silent cinema
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
The End of Silent Cinema, The Meeting of the Cinema with Sound
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Transition to story films and their results
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
World War I and its effects on cinema
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
American Cinema Migration to Hollywood and the Formation of the Studio System (Midterm)
Week 9 - Theoretical
American Cinema Migration to Hollywood and the Formation of the Studio System
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
French Cinema, British Cinema
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
II. World War and European Cinema, Post-War European Cinema
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Republics: Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Iran, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan cinema
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Japanese Cinema: Akira Kurosawa, Japanese New Wave and Nagisa Oshima
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Cinema in the Far East: People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea Cinema; Cinema of Latin America, Canada and Africa, Cinema's rivalries and results with other mass media (radio, tv, video, multimedia)
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment60530
Project100330
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination1516
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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4
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3
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4
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3
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026