FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Department of Physics

GEAR 303 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Clothes in the Movies
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
GEAR 303
Fall/Spring
2
2
3
4

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Service Course
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course -
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives The aim of this course is to enable students to comprehend the relationship between fashion and cinema by means of films and readings and to acquire the necessary skills for analysis at academic level.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Will be able to describe different styles of clothing.
  • Will be able to analyze the narrative of a movie.
  • Will be able to define the period to which clothing refers.
  • Will be able to discuss the relationship between character and clothes.
  • Will be able to do presentations about clothes in movies.
Course Description This course will provide an advanced level of knowledge in the cultural and artistic context of fashion. This course will consist of 3 thematically divided sections: a. films about the fashion industry; b. Films, clothing and identity, c. Films, clothing and storytelling.

 



Course Category

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 Introduction
2 Costume and Character: The Great Gatsby Reading: http://clothesonfilm.com/costume-in-the-great-gatsby-use-your-imagination/ http://clothesonfilm.com/martinprada-great-gatsby-collaboration-fashion-as-costume/
3 Lecture on Costume and character and explanation of assignment
4 Costume and Character: Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Shekhar Kapur,2007 Chapter 4, Laver, James, A Concise History of Fashion, Thames and Hudson, 1992
5 Costume and Gender: Orlando, Sally Potter,1992 Chapter 4, Laver, James, A Concise History of Fashion, Thames and Hudson, 1992
6 Costume and Gender: The Iron Lady, Phyllida Lloyd 2011 https://clothesonfilm.com/the-iron-lady-co stume-as-distinction-gender-and-protecti on/
7 Costume and Time: Marie Antoinette Sophia Coppola 2006 http://costumevault.blogspot.com/2016/02/marie-antoinette-working-with.html http://costumevault.blogspot.com/2015/11/marie-antoinette-telling-story-through.html
8 Costume and Time: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson,2014 https://clothesonfilm.com/the-wes-anderson-collection-the-grand-budapest-hotel/
9 Costume and Time: Phantom Thread Chapter 10: Laver, James, History of Fashion, Thames and Hudson, 1992,p.252-292.
10 Lecture on Subcultures and Style
11 Costume and Subcultures: Funny Face Chapter 10: Laver, James, History of Fashion, Thames and Hudson, 1992,p.252-292.
12 MIDTERM EXAM All movies and literature mentioned above, plus class discussions
13 PRESENTATIONS Group work
14 PRESENTATIONS Group work
15 Semester Review
16 Final project

 

Course Notes/Textbooks

Stella Bruzzi, Undressing cinema. Clothing and identity in the movies, London 1997.

Laver, James, A Concise History of Fashion, Thames and Hudson, 1992, ISBN:0-500-20348-2

Blog: www.clothesonfilm.com

Suggested Readings/Materials

Blog: www.clothesonfilm.com

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
30
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
30
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
1
40
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
4
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
2
32
Study Hours Out of Class
10
2
20
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
1
10
10
Presentation / Jury
0
Project
1
8
8
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
1
20
20
Final Exam
0
    Total
122

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications,

2

To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method,

3

To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions,

4

To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably,

5

To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License,

6

To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in,

7

To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance,

8

To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results,

9

To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life,

10

To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively.

11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics 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 the human history to their field of expertise.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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