
FACULTY OF BUSINESS
Department of International Trade and Finance
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 | To be able to identify and analyze problems in the field of trade and finance, and to develop solutions. |
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2 | To be able to use the theoretical and practical knowledge gained in the field of International Trade and Finance. | |||||
3 | To be able to analyze the developments in global markets by using critical thinking skills. | |||||
4 | To be able to analyze and interpret data in the field of finance, commerce and economics by using information technologies effectively. | |||||
5 | To be able to acquire knowledge about the legal regulations and practices in the field. | |||||
6 | To be able to foresee and define the risks that could be encountered in the field of trade and finance and to take decisions to manage such risks. | |||||
7 | To be able to acquire and use verbal and numerical skills necessary for the nature of international trade and finance program. | |||||
8 | To be able to obtain, synthesize and report the information related to the fields of trade and finance. | |||||
9 | To be able to contribute to the solution of problems as individual, team member or leader. | |||||
10 | To be able to evaluate the issues related to the field with an ethical perspective and social sensitivity. |
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11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of International Trade and Finance and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of expertise. |
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