Information Package / Course Catalogue
Film Theories
Course Code: RTS316
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to evaluate cinema in a theoretical perspective and to examine it with its intellectual dimension.

Course Content

After the emergence conditions of cinema theories and the theorists of the first period are discussed, cinema theories are explained by taking into account the historical change processes. Film analyzes are made depending on the theories of cinema.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Pelin ERDAL AYTEKİN
Learning Outcomes
1.Defines the phenomenon of theory and film theories.
2.Explains the historical development process of film theories.
3.Knows and analyzes film language.
4.Analyzes films based on different film theories.
5.Knows current cinema studies and follows the process of change in cinema studies.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Stam, Robert (2000). Sinema Teorisine Giriş. İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları
2.Andrew, Dudley J. (2000). Sinema Kuramları. İstanbul: İzdüşüm Yayınları.
3.Bordwell, David & Thompson, Kristin (2008). Film Sanatı. Çev. Ertan Yılmaz. Ankara: Deki Yayınları.
4.Büker, Seçil; Topçu, Gürhan Y. (2010). Sinema: Tarih-Kuram-Eleştiri. İstanbul: Kırmızı Kedi Yayınları.
5.Büker, Seçil (1996). Film Dili: Kuramsal ve Eleştirel Eğilimler. İstanbul: Kavram Yayınları.
6.Süalp, Tül Akbal (2004). Zaman Mekan: Kuram ve Sinema. İstanbul: Bağlam Yayınları.
7.Arnheim, Rudolf (2002). Sanat Olarak Sinema. Ankara: Öteki Yayınları.
8.Bazin, Andre (2000). Sinema Nedir? İstanbul: İzdüşüm Yayınları.
9.Kracauer, Siegfried (2014). Film Teorisi: Fiziksel Gerçekliğin Kurtuluşu. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları.
10.Eisenstein, Sergei (1999). Sinema Dersleri. Ankara: Öteki Yayınları.
11.Pudovkin, Vsevolog (1995). Sinemanın Temel İlkeleri. Ankara: Bilgi Yayınevi.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
What is theory? Theory-cinema relationship. Early cinema studies.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Early silent film theory and formalist theory: Hugo Munsterberg, Béla Balázs, Rudolf Arnheim
Week 3 - Theoretical
Soviet montage theory: Lev Kuleshov, Vsevolog Pudovkin, Dziga Vertov, Sergey Eisenstein
Week 4 - Theoretical
Realism in cinema: Andre Bazin, Siegfried Kracauer
Week 5 - Theoretical
Auteur theory
Week 6 - Theoretical
Structuralism, semiotics in cinema and film language: Christian Metz
Week 7 - Theoretical
Text, intertextuality
Week 8 - Theoretical
Text analysis + Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Psychoanalytic film theory: Laura Mulvey
Week 10 - Theoretical
Feminist film teorisi: Laura Mulvey, Claire Johston
Week 11 - Theoretical
Feminist film theory: gender
Week 12 - Theoretical
Frankfurt school and the concept of “culture industry” and cinema
Week 13 - Theoretical
Cinema sociology and audience research
Week 14 - Theoretical
Cultural studies and cinema
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading102828
Midterm Examination124125
Final Examination129130
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
PÇ-15
PÇ-16
OÇ-1
5
4
4
4
OÇ-2
5
5
OÇ-3
5
5
4
4
4
OÇ-4
5
4
4
4
4
OÇ-5
5
4
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026