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A Film Criticism Using The Formalistic Approach

The Formalistic Approach focuses on analyzing the form and structure of a film rather than its content. It examines how different elements of a film relate to each other and create patterns, motifs, and effects that reinforce the film's overall meaning. The documentary discusses how the Formalistic Approach can be used to analyze the structure, patterns, devices, and effects used in the Filipino film "Ang Babae sa Septik Tank".

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A Film Criticism Using The Formalistic Approach

The Formalistic Approach focuses on analyzing the form and structure of a film rather than its content. It examines how different elements of a film relate to each other and create patterns, motifs, and effects that reinforce the film's overall meaning. The documentary discusses how the Formalistic Approach can be used to analyze the structure, patterns, devices, and effects used in the Filipino film "Ang Babae sa Septik Tank".

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A Film

Criticism
using the
Formalistic
Approach
Formalistic Approach

focuses on form
Formalistic Approach

stresses items like


symbols, images,
and structure
Formalistic Approach

discusses how one


part of the work
relates to other parts
and to the whole
“Ang Babae sa
Septik Tank ay isang
pelikula sa loob ng
isang pelikula.”
‘’A film within a
film.’’
‘bout

Three filmmakers
aspiring to make a film
for the purpose of
gaining accolades.
‘bout
It tackled the different
dilemmas in the film-
making industry.
Overly opinionated actors
Inauthentic passion
‘bout

The pitfalls, everything


wrong, absurd and facile
about Filipino commercial
cinema
romcom
big studio clichés and formulas
Cheesy relationships
Predictability
Mainstream soundtrack
A
PARODY

OF THE INDIE FILM AND


MOVIE MAKING INDUSTRY
FORMALISTIC APPROACH
QUESTIONS
A

How is the work’s structure


unified?
B

How do various elements of the


work reinforce its meaning?
C

What recurring patterns


(repeated or related words,
images, etc.) can you find? What
is the effect of these patterns or
motifs?
C

“after all what do I know. I am


just an actress. It is still your call,
you are the director”

“suggestions lang naman.”


D

How does repetition reinforce


the theme(s)?
E

How does the writer’s diction


reveal or reflect the work’s
meaning?
F

What is the effect of the plot,


and what parts specifically
produce that effect?
G

What figures of speech are


used? (metaphors, similes, etc.)
H
Note the writer’s use of
paradox, irony, symbol, plot,
characterization, and style of
narration.

What effects are produced?

Do any of these relate to one


another or to the theme?
I

Is there a relationship between


the beginning and the end of
the story?
Beginning- set in a corrosive
Baguio, Mila and her husband
face the deteriorating state of
their relationship.
Ending – Eugene gets sloshed in
septik tank contents
J

What tone and mood are


created at various parts of the
work?
J
J
J
K

How does the author create


tone and mood? What
relationship is there between
tone and mood and the effect of
the story?
L

How do the various elements


interact to create a unified
whole?

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