Main Argument
Using the Formalist Approach, I plan to analyze a specific scene from John Ford’s 1940 film “The Grapes of Wrath”. The scene where the entire family is eating at their Uncle’s house reveals a significant amount of information about the film as a whole.
Using the Formalist Approach, I plan to analyze a specific scene from John Ford’s 1940 film “The Grapes of Wrath”. The scene where the entire family is eating at their Uncle’s house reveals a significant amount of information about the film as a whole.
Claim #1
The
Formalist Approach yields greater value in the world of cinematic critique compared
to the Ideological Approach.
Support for Claim #1
V.F.
Perkins “Film as Film” – Tom Gunning “The Cinema of Attractions”
Claim #2
The
scene where the family gathers to eat at their Uncle’s house in “The Grapes of
Wrath” reveals how the director changed the concentration of the film from that
of the novel’s author’s intensions.
Support for Claim #2
Andrew
Sarris “Notes on the Auteur Theory in 1962”
Claim #3
The
camera angles, editing, and other director and photographer’s choices in this
scene control and reveal the meaning behind the overall film.
Support for Claim #3
Robin
Wood “Pyscho” – V.F Perkins “Film as Film” – Tom Gunning “Primitive Cinema: A
Frame Up? Or the Trick’s On Us?”
Looks good, Craig. I look forward to reading your essay.
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