Operating under the Social and Cultural Activities Directorate and carrying out its activities under the supervision of Assistant Chair of Department of Public Relations and Advertising Asst. Prof. Dr. Umut Ayman and Research Assistant Safiye Bağkur, Eastern Mediterreannean University (EMU) Communication Club hosted the famous director Nizam Eren and actor Necmi Yapıcı. The conference titled “The Journey of Cinematic Knowledge” was held at the Communication Faculty FCMS 011 Hall at 3:00 p.m. on May, 24th 2018.
Eren began his conversation by stating his pleasure in meeting university students and dragged his listeners into a deep cinematic journey. Eren first pointed out how important knowledge is in our lives and in the cinema, he emphasized that the starting point of the cinema is the knowledge. Eren added that the importance of science such as mathematics, physics and chemistry is important for cinema and also noted that people are coming to the present days by transferring their knowledge to each other. Eren pointed out the necessity of people improving themselves, saying that it is very important for university students to add new information for their own sake by staring at information eagerly. Stating that choosing the right target audience is a key for cinema marketing, Eren also emphasized the significance of journalists and media in promoting movies and, in order to achieve at this point, concluded by saying, “The person who does what nobody can do for the first time wins.”
Yapıcı started his words by giving information about the sector to inform the university students, and said that the cinema is a field which constantly develops and changes. He noted that cinema has an artistic characteristic and that it is very different from television because television is just used for entertainment purposes and that there may always be a restriction. Saying that the increase in good practices in cinema depends on the literate audiences, Yapıcı emphasized that the audience has a great importance at this point. Yapıcı also said that the cinema is influenced by the development of the internet, and highlighted that watching movies on the internet will never be able to match the feelings that pass through the cinema screen. Last but not least, Yapıcı gave the participants a piece of good news that he will take part in the new series titled “Kocaman Ailem” in the near future.
At the end of the event, EMU Faculty of Communication, Department of Public Relations and Advertising Department Assistant Chair and Communication Club Advisor Assist. Prof. Dr. Umut Ayman thanked Necmi Yapıcı and Nizam Eren for the information provided and presented them a plaque of appreciation. The event ended with group photo.