Creative director

of becoming a Director of Photography, or DP. While at Emerson, I was always working on student films and shorts, which taught me a lot about working as part of a team. I gravitated towards working mainly in the camera department, starting out as a clapper loader and focus puller. Those two jobs involve anticipating the Director of Photography's needs, and doing your job smoothly so the shoot can move forward. When I was asked to DP for friends' films, and had more creative input into the

Auteur Theory Continues to be an Important Part of Filmmaking The auteur theory is an idea or principle, which states that the film is a reflection of a director’s creative personal vision, as if to say the he or she is the primary author (which in French, means “auteur”). This theory first came to be in 1954, by a French film director named Francois Truffaut. The auteur theory’s birth was through the French New Wave, which was a group of new French filmmakers during the 1950’s and 1960’s. In the

Alfred Hitchcock’s journey to international filmmaking stardom started small but ended with him being considered the best director of the 20th century. Alfred directed many films throughout his life. His career started in a humble London film studio and working on small films, working his way up to Hollywood, CA, in massive Paramount studios and producing blockbuster films. Alfred Hitchcock was arguably one of the most experienced and imaginative filmmakers of the 20th century. Alfred Hitchcock

Tim Burton is one of the most impressive and unique directors of our time. Tim Burton is the Director of “Edward Scissorhands”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, and many more. Tim Burton’s organization is high that makes him illustrate really good stories. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands, there was lots of different kinds of shot frames. When Charlie first appeared, the camera angle was a shot frame on Charlie’s face. Burton uses camera angles to create a romantic

Fenicia Stephens Elements of Design ENG 225 Jonathan Beller July 15, 2013 “Marvel Studios delivers the ultimate comic-book film “The Avengers”, which ties together such characters as Iron Man which was played by Robert Downey Jr., Captain America who was played by Chris Evans, The Hulk played by Mark Ruffalo, and Thor who was played by Chris Hemsworth for a big-screen franchise team-up like no other. Taking center stage this time is Nick Fury played once again by the note-perfect Samuel L

April 12, 2017 “Screenwriters and Directors” To be a screenwriter and/or a director you must be willing to share your imagination with the world. There’s so many ideas that flow through my mind daily, therefore this would be the perfect job for me. A great outlet to express my feelings and thoughts with the world. If I just described you, then continue reading to further discover the life of a writer/director. Rather you want to be a screenwriter and/or a director, those two occupations are similar

Steven Allan Spielberg is known to be one of the best film directors in the world. He has made many movies which became popular almost instantly. Steven’s films are widely known to different age groups and his films have won several different awards. Steven still has endless imagination, and he has not yet showed all his imagination though films. Steven is a movie director who we look for his future films. 1. How did you become a movie director? When I was young, I was into taking photos and dealing

introduced in the film industry in 1954 when Francois Truffaut claimed that directors are significantly using their films to express their personal ideas (Thompson and Bordwell 33). The importance of the theory has been under criticism in the recent past. Critiques have questioned the basis for which a director would be recognized as “author.” Moreover, there have been concerns on whether the auteur is recognized more based on the creative aspects of the film or on the scripts that he/she chooses to display

Use a range of auteur theories to examine the work of two significant directors you have studied on this module. One director should have produced the majority of their work prior to 1960 and the other should have produced it from the 1970s onwards. Discuss the origins and main developments of auteur theory then examine the works of Howard Hawks and Martin Scorsese with relevance to their status as auteur directors. In having their films examined as auteurs of the cinema, both Howard Hawks

usefulness of auteur theory in relation to a non American director of your choice. The concept of Auteur was first introduced by Andre Bazin in an essay featured in a 1954 edition of Cahier du Cinema, often referred to as ‘camera stylo’ or ‘signature style’ as a way of critiquing French new wave cinema. This theory allowed film to be criticised and analysed in the same way as other creative platforms such as art and literature. By identifying the director as auteur as opposed to just ‘Metteur-en-Scène’ it