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Within this essay I intend to convey my understanding of Richard Dyers’ knowledge regarding the ‘social-ideological’ and ‘formal aesthetic’ approaches to analyse ‘K-PAX’[1], my chosen film
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Timothy P. Cowell In his essay 'Introduction to Film Studies' (Oxford Guide to Film Studies), Richard Dyer draws a distinction between two main approaches which have been developed: the 'formal aesthetic' and the 'social-ideological'. Explain in your own words what you understand by this distinction and then, using a film that has not been taught to you on the module, show how the two kinds of analysis could be applied. You should draw on wider reading from the module in support of your own account. How compatible do you feel the two approaches are? Within this essay I intend to convey my understanding of Richard Dyers' knowledge regarding the 'social-ideological' and 'formal aesthetic' approaches to analyse 'K-PAX'1, my chosen film. To begin with, I will explain the 'Formal aesthetic' approach. One view that the formal aesthetic approach takes is that for a film to be classed as 'good' there must be...
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