First Formalist Film

The first more centered on documenting what one saw around them and the second theory set on expressing the endless possibilities of the imagination.

First formalist film. The formalist theory a film theory is a discipline which encompasses different aspects of cinema in order to explore different concepts regarding this form of expression. Two major film theories from films inception. Begriff fur eine stilrichtung der bildenden kunst des theaters und des films die vom russischen formalismus der 1920er jahre beeinflusst ist. According to truffauts theory auteurs took material that was beneath their talentsa thriller a pulpy action film a romanceand through their style put their own personal stamp on it.

In the beginning russian formalist were trying to convert their theories from literary art to film. The major differences between formalist and realist film theories are the pacing and the focus. It includes the work of a number of highly influential russian and soviet scholars such as viktor shklovsky yuri tynianov vladimir propp boris eichenbaum roman jakobson boris tomashevsky grigory gukovsky who revolutionised literary criticism. While they were doing this they influenced soviet montage filmmakers such as eisenstein.

With the birth of film in the late 1800s two central theories of film quickly formed. In case youre not. It is this auteur style that concerns formalism. As formalist theory in film progressed in the 1980s concepts of russian formalist films were taken to create neo formalism.

Formalist theories of film ted nannicelli university of waikato penultimate draft please do not cite. Russian formalism was a school of literary criticism in russia from the 1910s to the 1930s. Next there was george melies the magician who made fantasy films and developed some of the first special effects. Lexikon der filmbegriffe formalismus.

Im working on an essay for class where i take a film and examine how it displays characteristics of the formalist theory. First we have the lumiere brothers who invented a portable camera took it to the streets and made the first documentaries. A perfect example of formalist criticism of auteur style would be the work of alfred hitchcock.