NMC 313 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of New Media and Communication

Course Name

Lighting Design in Digital Media

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
NMC 313	Fall/Spring	1	2	2	4

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Critical feedback Application: Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop Practical demonstration Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Öğr. Gör. Arda Yılmaz
Course Lecturer(s)	Öğr. Gör. Arda Yılmaz
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	This course aims to advance students' skills in cinematography using lighting design, which is one of the basic aesthetic and technical elements of digital media production.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Define the role of cinematographer and lighting designer in the process of media content production. Explain the steps that the cinematographer and lighting designer must complete from pre-production to post-production in a video project. Use basic rules of lighting to create an image Record a properly exposed image using the capabilities of digital cameras. Identify and describe the roles of the camera and lighting crew members in a video project.
Course Description	This course provides students practical instruction in lighting design.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses	X
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Introduction
2	Mastering the portrait – Study of faces on video
3	Camera Workshop – Using the digital camera and lenses	Shooting a set of portraits Brown, B. (2019). Exposure. In Motion Picture and Video Lighting for Cinematographers, gaffers and lighting technicians (pp. 195–203). essay, Routledge.
4	Tools of Exposure - Filters	Brown, B. (2019). The Tools of Exposure. In Motion Picture and Video Lighting for Cinematographers, gaffers and lighting technicians (pp. 203–220). essay, Routledge.
5	Camera Movements - Applications and tools	Example scene analysis
6	Composition	Katz, S. D. (2019). Composing Shots: Spatial Connections. In Film directing shot by shot: Visualizing from concept to screen (pp. 157–183). essay, Michael Wiese Productions.
7	Crew members and roles	Film analysis Kench, S. et al. (2023) Ultimate Guide to film crew positions (Jobs & Duties explained), StudioBinder. Available at: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/film-crew-positions (Accessed: 30 July 2023).
8	Midterm Week
9	Approaches to a shot from a cinematographer's standpoint - Examples	Brown, B. (2019). Lighting Basics. In Motion Picture and Video Lighting for Cinematographers, gaffers and lighting technicians (pp. 57–89). essay, Routledge. Preparation for the “same lighting” exercise
10	Location Scouting - Recce
11	Lighting Workshop I	Deakins, R. (2018) Looking at lighting - Jesse James - Blue cut train sequence, Roger Deakins. Available at: https://www.rogerdeakins.com/jesse-james-blue-cut-train/ (Accessed: 30 July 2023). Location scouting examples
12	Lighting Workshop II	Detisch, A. (2023) 5 cinematic lighting techniques every filmmaker should know, StudioBinder. Available at: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/film-lighting-techniques/ (Accessed: 30 July 2023). Location candidates for the music video
13	Color Grading	Aldredge, J. (2022) We’re going back to basics-color grading 101 in 2022, No Film School. Available at: https://nofilmschool.com/color-grading-guide-2022 (Accessed: 30 July 2023). “Same lighting” exercise
14	Color Grading	Pre-production file for the music video
15	Review of the semester
16	Final Exam

Course Notes/Textbooks

Suggested Readings/Materials

American Cinematographer Magazine. American Society of Cinematographers. ISSN 0002-7928

Blain Brown. Cinematography: Theory and Practice. ISBN: 978-0240812090

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	1	10
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	30
Presentation / Jury
Project	1	50
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

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

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	1	16
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16	2	32
Study Hours Out of Class	14	2	28
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	1	10	10
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	2	7	14
Presentation / Jury			0
Project	2	10	20
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms			0
Final Exam			0
		Total	120

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication.	-	-	-	-	-
2	To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication.	-	-	-	-	-
3	To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes.	-	-	-	-	X
4	To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution.	-	X	-	-	-
5	To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice.	-	-	X	-	-
6	To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication.	-	-	-	-	-
7	To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public.	-	-	-	-	-
8	To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies.	-	-	-	-	-
9	To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process.	-	-	-	-	-
10	To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication.	-	-	-	-	-
11	To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).	-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to speak a second foreign language 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.	-	-	-	-	-