This article discusses both the idea of formalism and aestheticism in film. First, the writer gives a definition of both approaches and then describes how they combine to create one approach to film studies: formal-aesthetic. The writer explains how these two different approaches are similar through the way they both concentrate on a film's "internal elements" rather than viewing it from a cultural or political context.
The writer explains formalism by mentioning the same ideas that we have discussed in class, "Formalist analysis concentrates on matters of structure and style (thematic development, narrative structure, shot composition, recurring motifs) and ways in which a film organizes those elements in patterns that give meaning to the whole." So if a director wanted to communicate a character's superiority over another, he would demonstrate this idea through a certain camera angle that structures the scene in a way where one character will appear larger than the other. The director may also place the superior character near certain elements in the scene that will signify his dominance.
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