Style in cinema: The cinema of Lütfi Ömer Akad

IV ABSTRACT STYLE IN CINEMA: THE CINEMA OF LÜTFİ ÖMER AKA D S. Serhat SERTER Cinema and Television Major Anadolu University Social Sciences Institute, April 2005 Adviser: Prof. Dr. Gfilseren Guçhan Style in cinema can basically be defined as the systematic and pre-determined use of the medium (film). Techniques such as story, cinematography (camera movements and types of shooting), mise-en-scene (framing, lighting, setting and costume), editing and sound are the fundamental elements of cinematic expression, which have almost importance in creating style in cinema. In the history of film, there are many directors with myriad of films. These films created by directors might show changes due to space and time. However, a director with a particular style has his own cinematic language and conveys this language to his audience. Lütfi Ömer Akad is one of the most significant directors in terms of having and performing a cinematic language with the novelties he brought to the Turkish Cinema and his films, he is a pioneer for young directors. Therefore, for a study on style in Turkish Cinema, the necessity to begin with Lütfi Ömer Akad is obvious. In order to be able to analyze and understand the style of a director it is essential to examine in what ways he used the stylistic elements of cinema. The purpose of this study is to bring Akad' s style to light; thus, to determine his cinematic style, examine how it progressed and understand its relationship with the cinema of his time. For the purposes of this study, theoretical approaches on style are explained in the findings and interpretations chapter. Later comes a detailed description of the five key elements of the history of cinematic style based on the definition of cinematic style. It is followed by the cinema of Lütfi Ömer Akad, cinematic atmosphere of his time and evaluation of his films. Consequently nine of his films are analyzed based on the fiveelements of cinematic style. The last chapter of the study is conclusion and recommendations for a further Key Words: Cinema, Turkish Cinema, Lütfi Ömer Akad, style, film style, film history, aesthetics of film.