Research Article

Architecture of Mise-en-Scène: Courtyards as Central Characters in Akad’s 'Migration Trilogy'

Volume: 12 Number: 4 December 29, 2024
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Architecture of Mise-en-Scène: Courtyards as Central Characters in Akad’s 'Migration Trilogy'

Abstract

This study examines the representation of courtyards as women’s living spaces in the mise-en-scènes of Lütfi Ö. Akad’s Migration Trilogy (Göç Üçlemesi)—Gelin, Düğün, Diyet. Akad adopts a socially realistic perspective to explore internal migration in Istanbul, a significant issue in Turkey from the 1950s onward, through women-centered narratives. Each film portrays courtyards as vital living spaces for women, set within the context of migration and social change. To analyze the architectural dimensions of courtyards represented in the films, the study employs semiotic, analitic and hermeneutic methods to interpret their role as cinematic and architectural constructs. The article consists of two sections. The first contextualizes Akad’s filmmaking, examining the socio-political influences that guided his interest in migration films and his realist mise-en-scènes. The second explores the courtyard as an architectural setting, analyzing its portrayal as a women’s space through camera angles, spatial depth, prop usage, and user movement. Akad’s use of the camera as a realist lens frames the courtyard as both a central narrative and architectural element. By adopting a socially realistic approach, Akad depicts the courtyard as a living space that reflects the everyday realities of migration and gender, with various users, but primarily as a space for women. The courtyard, primarily represented as a space for women, reflects the everyday realities of migration and gender. Through the interplay of cinema and architecture, the study highlights how courtyards in Akad’s trilogy serve as dynamic spaces, reflecting the complexities of migration, gender, and modernity.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Architecture (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 29, 2024

Submission Date

November 24, 2024

Acceptance Date

December 8, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 12 Number: 4

APA
Ekinci, B., & Ertürkmen Aksoy, B. S. (2024). Architecture of Mise-en-Scène: Courtyards as Central Characters in Akad’s ’Migration Trilogy’. Gazi University Journal of Science Part B: Art Humanities Design and Planning, 12(4), 687-702. https://izlik.org/JA87FA99SN
AMA
1.Ekinci B, Ertürkmen Aksoy BS. Architecture of Mise-en-Scène: Courtyards as Central Characters in Akad’s ’Migration Trilogy’. GUJSPB. 2024;12(4):687-702. https://izlik.org/JA87FA99SN
Chicago
Ekinci, Berna, and Bengi Su Ertürkmen Aksoy. 2024. “Architecture of Mise-en-Scène: Courtyards As Central Characters in Akad’s ’Migration Trilogy’”. Gazi University Journal of Science Part B: Art Humanities Design and Planning 12 (4): 687-702. https://izlik.org/JA87FA99SN.
EndNote
Ekinci B, Ertürkmen Aksoy BS (December 1, 2024) Architecture of Mise-en-Scène: Courtyards as Central Characters in Akad’s ’Migration Trilogy’. Gazi University Journal of Science Part B: Art Humanities Design and Planning 12 4 687–702.
IEEE
[1]B. Ekinci and B. S. Ertürkmen Aksoy, “Architecture of Mise-en-Scène: Courtyards as Central Characters in Akad’s ’Migration Trilogy’”, GUJSPB, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 687–702, Dec. 2024, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA87FA99SN
ISNAD
Ekinci, Berna - Ertürkmen Aksoy, Bengi Su. “Architecture of Mise-en-Scène: Courtyards As Central Characters in Akad’s ’Migration Trilogy’”. Gazi University Journal of Science Part B: Art Humanities Design and Planning 12/4 (December 1, 2024): 687-702. https://izlik.org/JA87FA99SN.
JAMA
1.Ekinci B, Ertürkmen Aksoy BS. Architecture of Mise-en-Scène: Courtyards as Central Characters in Akad’s ’Migration Trilogy’. GUJSPB. 2024;12:687–702.
MLA
Ekinci, Berna, and Bengi Su Ertürkmen Aksoy. “Architecture of Mise-en-Scène: Courtyards As Central Characters in Akad’s ’Migration Trilogy’”. Gazi University Journal of Science Part B: Art Humanities Design and Planning, vol. 12, no. 4, Dec. 2024, pp. 687-02, https://izlik.org/JA87FA99SN.
Vancouver
1.Berna Ekinci, Bengi Su Ertürkmen Aksoy. Architecture of Mise-en-Scène: Courtyards as Central Characters in Akad’s ’Migration Trilogy’. GUJSPB [Internet]. 2024 Dec. 1;12(4):687-702. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA87FA99SN