ANY QUESTIONS?
COMPARISION
How does both formalist theory and realist theory apply to these different films?
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=zJZUAFiuUU0
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=2FxpNCvBV_s
FILM THEORY ORIGINS
REALIST THEORY
- Birth of an artform.
- Development of an intellectual response.
- A divergence of cinematic theory.
- What is "REALIST" THEORY?
- Main proponents: ANDRE BAZIN, SIEGFRIED KRACAUER.
- Affected "auteur theory".
- Influenced how we judge the interpretive aspects of cinema (political, societal etc).
FORMALIST THEORY
- What is "FORMALISM" in art culture?
- Important proponent: Rudolf Arnheim, author of "Film" (1933).
- Influenced how we judge the form and style of cinema.
- The theory influenced the medium.
"FILM THEORY: FORMALISM and REALISM"
BY STEVEN MOORE