BELS STUDENTS VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH ALPER
ÇAĞLAR, THE DIRECTOR OF THE “DAĞ” FILMS
On Thursday, January 19, Bilkent
Erzurum Laboratory School held a
video conference with the director
of the “Dağ I” and “Dağ II” films,
Alper Çağlar, who is also the son of
the former Director of BELS, Prof.
Dr. Arif Çağlar.
During the video conference,
Mr. Çağlar explained the
processes before and during
the shooting of “Dağ”, a military
film, which arouses feelings of
both patriotism and pride in the
audience. While summarizing the
film-making process, Mr. Çağlar
gave suggestions about the visual
effects, sound effects and the
naming of the characters used in
his films to instruct those students
interested in film-making. He also
answered questions from BELS
students about his educational
background and the scenarios of
“Dağ I” and “Dağ II”.
In addition, Mr. Çağlar mentioned
the Turkish cinema industry and
the social aspects of shooting a
military film in Turkey. He quoted
statistics, which reflected the rarity
of Turkish military films. Other
than military films, Mr. Çağlar
explained his other works such as
his first documentary film entitled
“Not so Far Away”, which he shot
when he was in high school. With
his motivating words, Mr. Çağlar
encouraged the BELS students to
think about their future interests
and suggested they … “go after
their dreams and put aside social
pressures”.
Towards the end of the conference,
Mr. Çağlar explained his own future
plans and shared his personal
ideas about the Dağ films. He
ended the video conference with a
popular quote from “Dağ II”: “We
rise to be a thousand!”.
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