Orson Welles

Auteur Trademarks

Use of low-key and high-contrast lighting
Favoured themes include isolation, corruption and the downfall of a powerful figure
Use of hard light, which creates harsh shadows
Precise and extravagant use of mise-en-scene
He created Deep Focus- Richly focused background, mid-ground and foreground
Use of long tracking shots
Use of smoke and mirrors
He had annoy for expressive faces
Starring as a main role in his own movies
He had no technical aspects but he had the creativity and imagination to achieve the shots he wanted.

Orson Welles experimented when he was making hit films, through the use of different camera lenses and lighting schemes.

Example of Long Tracking shot in Touch of Evil

https://youtu.be/Yg8MqjoFvy4

The Lady From Shanghai Mirrors

https://youtu.be/F-BqDWG72iM

Examples of Deep Focus in Orson Welles' Films

Auteur Presentation Reflection

Auteur Presentation-Reflection

My presentation was based on David Fincher and the Auteur Theory. The presentation included a good explanation of  what the auteur theory is and I mentioned Andre Bazin, the man who created the theory and other people who developed the theory such as Francois Traffaut. However I didn't include any quotations about the auteur theory, which would have provided more detail because this would have displayed different views and opinions of the auteur theory. For example I could have included this quote by Alan Parker, "I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies," which would have portrayed a different view to the auteur theory.

In the presentation I stated many signature trademarks and themes that are reflected in David Fincher's films, such as, revenge and the significant use of yellow and blue and computer-generated imagery. I also discussed the journey's within his films and how significant they are too them because many of the films consist of a main individual character who is on quest, however the ending is a mystery to the audience and whether the audience, along with the character discover the answer or not, the journey to this, is what is important.