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  Course Description
Course Name : Acting I
Course Code : TİM 131
Course Type : Compulsory
Level of Course : First Cycle
Year of Study : 1
Course Semester : Fall and Spring (32 Weeks)
ECTS : 9
Name of Lecturer(s) : Instructor MUZAFFER HAMİT KIRIKKALP
Instructor İSMAİL DİKİLİTAŞ
Instructor HÜSEYİN İNANBİÇER
Assoc.Prof. CİHANGİRNEVRUZOV
Learning Outcomes of the Course : Understands and applies the basic principles of the art of acting and professional ethics.
Understanding the logic of surveying, the students gain the ability to "analyze with actions", effect-evaluation-response, and "proposed conditions", which are the basic principles of art of acting.
Relevant to the purpose of the Etude, learns the basic principles of acting consciously and rationally and gains applicationl skills.
Knows and applies the basic principles of identifying the act related to the cause-effect relationship in the logic system (array of reasons).
Knows and applies the principles of performing psycho-physical actions standing by (not changing) the proposed condition of the story.
Analyzes practically the questions of "Who are you?, What do you want?, and What are you doing?", which are the main triggers of the action that forms the basis of art of acting.
Knows about the basic principles of "Observation", "Fantasy development", "Metamorphosis" techniques that take place in professional principles.
Understands the basic principles of Obraz thought approach and interprets them in actions.
Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face
Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None
Recommended Optional Programme Components : None
Aim(s) of Course : The aim is to teach the basic knowledge of the art of acting, professional ethics, and creativity with students´ learning how their own physical material (biomekanizmasının body, consciousness and the unconscious mechanism, muscles and nervous system) works parallel to sensory, mental, and cognitive development.
Course Contents : The aim is to develop students´ ability to express five senses of organ, imagination and emotion and thoguhts plastically, and empower their physical, emotional and intellectual relationship memory. Students gain the basic qualifications that an artist should have while studying on nonverbal Etude with daily exercises.
Language of Instruction : Turkish
Work Place : Studio

  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Meeting with the students and explaining the need for awareness of "team" and provide basic information of professional ethics. Special Support / Structural Examples
2 Study on "The concept of story, observation and attention". the logic of surveying, introduction to studies of the five senses. Special Support / Structural Examples
3 Suggested conditions and action. Examination of the conditions that produce the act, Analysis with action ( thinking by doing). Studies on the five senses, and teaching the principle of "If I were you". Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
4 Condition and action proposed out of "If I were you" principle. Practical examination of actions and the importance of body language. Studies on Five Senses with acting analysis. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
5 Unconditional feeling of "believe" in suggested condition and "laundering" of actions. Introduction to Object-Based Surveying studies and study on five of the senses. . Special Support / Structural Examples
6 Study on the concept of "Purpose" and "conflict (agon)". Study on Object-Based Surveying. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
7 Practical study on the concept of "Purpose" and "conflict (agon)" and studies on body language. Study on Object-Based Surveying. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
8 Analysis of The story, Chain of Events, The logic system (array of reasons) and introduction to Keyword-Based Surveying. Special Support / Structural Examples
9 Application metods by the Analysis with action of The story, Chain of Events, The logic system (array of reasons) and Practical study on the Keyword-Based Surveying. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
10 Presentation of The five senses, the object-based and Keyword-Based surveys in the framework of whole programme and error-correction. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
11 "Observation", "Fantasy development", "Metamorphosis (Transfiguration)" and introduction to the Etudes of Being Animal and Object Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
12 Practical sudies on Animals surveys with the "Observation", "Fantasy development", "Metamorphosis (Transfiguration)" studies. . Special Support / Structural Examples
13 Practical studies on the Etudes of "being object". with the studies on "Observation", "Fantasy development", and "Metamorphosis (Transfiguration)", Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
14 The presentation of Animals and Object Etudes in the whole programme and error correction. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
15 Semester analysis and general revision. *Assignment 1: The summary of the book called "An Actor Prepares" by Konstantin Stanislavski´s Special Support / Structural Examples
16 Semester analysis and general revision. Special Support / Structural Examples
17 Report of Assignment 1:* The presentation of Five Senses, Object-Based, Keyword-Based, Animals and being the Object surveys in the whole programme and error correction. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
18 The presentation of Five Senses, Object-Based, Keyword-Based, Animals and being the Object surveys in the whole programme and error correction. Introduction to Picture-Based Surveying. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
19 Factual expression of the action "obraz". Practical study and analysis with action on Picture-Based Surveying Special Support / Structural Examples
20 Factual expression of the action "obraz". Identification of obraz within Picture-Based Surveys and investigating and teaching the practical expression facilities. * Assignment2: The summary of the book called s "Building a Character" by Konstantin Stanislavski Special Support / Structural Examples
21 Factual expression of the action "obraz". The mechanism of the connection between action and emotion and introduction to Poem Etude. Special Support / Structural Examples
22 Factual expression of the action "obraz". The implementation of the mechanism of the connection between action and emotion to Poem Etude with the analysis with action. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
23 Factual expression of the action "obraz". The implementation of the mechanism of the connection between action and emotion to Poem Etude with the analysis with action. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
24 Presentation of Picture-Based and Poetry-Based Surveys in the whole programme and error correction. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
25 Presentation of Five Senses, Object-Based, Keyword-Based, Animals and being the Object, Picture-Based and Poetry-Based Surveys and error correction. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
26 Presentation of Five Senses, Object-Based, Keyword-Based, Animals and being the Object, Picture-Based and Poetry-Based Surveys and error correction. Selection of the Etudes that will be included in the exam. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
27 Exam schedule rehearsals. Report of Assignment 2* * Assignment3: A file that shows the content and the progress of the studies the student have done throguhout the year. Special Support / Structural Examples
28 Exam schedule rehearsals. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
29 Exam schedule rehearsals and flows. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
30 Exam schedule rehearsals and flows. Study on detected mistakes and error-correction. Special Support / Structural Examples
31 Final preparation and general rehearsals. Special Support / Structural Examples
32/33/34 Final. Report of Assignment3* and assertion.

  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Constantin Stanislavski, An Actor Prepares
  Constantin Stanislavski, My Life in Art
  Constantin Stanislavski, An Actor´s Work: A Student´s Diary
  Constantin Stanislavski, Building A Character
Required Course Material(s)

  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 0 0
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 3 100
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100
  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 With the help of techniques and methods of acting, this programme teaches the ways of expressing the emotions and thoughts of the character to play on stage. 5
2 Students comprehensively search for the national and international theatre literature, techniques and methods, synthesize the knowledge they acquired considering the requirements of the age and gain a critical point of view. 2
3 Taking the art of Theatre-Acting into consideration, students comprehend the improvement and transformation period of the art from past to the future, and adapt it according to the requirements of the age. 3
4 The Art of Theatre-Acting is supported with methods, theories, history, the techniques of using voice and body, behavioral psychology, and aesthetics and art theories. This programme helps undergraduates to comprehend the concept of art and have the knowledge sufficient to transfer to the future with the past. 4
5 This programme teaches the ways of gaining the ability of using Turkish correctly and efficiently. 3
6 Having sufficient information on stage technology, students comprehend how to express the artistic expression images of the play. 2
7 Considering the art of Theatre-Acting, students learn a social and aesthetic point of view and can apply this on performing arts, radio, television and cinema. 4
8 Students gain the ability to evaluate universal values with the knowledge acquired in their own field of study. 4
9 This programme provides with the ways of finding the necessary documents, tools, resources, and the archive related to the art of theater - acting. 5
10 Improving coordination skills, students know about and analyze their own body, emotions and thoughts and gain the ability to use their natural mechanism as an instrument on the stage. 5
11 Students gain the ability to present information related to the Art of Theatre-Acting to various audiences. 5
12 Students gain awareness of being an artist who is aware of the responsibility to themselves, their own country and to the humanity. 3
13 In addition to acting techniques, this programme teaches the correct ways of using body on stage with movement, dance, body plastic and fencing disciplines. 3
14 This programme teaches the ways of using voice correctly on stage supporting this with the voice and speech techniques, singing, solfege and ear training. 5
15 Students gain communication and social competence skills as a natural part of the art of theater - acting. 5
16 Students gain the habit and awareness of having art ethics and professional discipline together with the professional acting qualifications. 5
17 As an artist, students improve themselves continually, and combine the knowledge and skills appropriate for the rules of professional ethics with the other fields of art and make correlations between them. 5
18 Students will have the ability to search, discover, create alternative solutions, reach information, think critically and engage in productive discussions for personal and professional growth. 3
19 In addition to professional development, students continue to improve themselves in the scientific, social, cultural and athletic fields. 3
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).
  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 32 6 192
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 32 1 32
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 3 1 3
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 0 0 0
    Final Exam 1 3 3
Total Workload: 230
Total Workload / 25 (h): 9.2
ECTS Credit: 9