Auteur Theory

An Auteur is a film director who has so much influence in the film, giving it his own visual style to what the novel was and still is. Making people perceive the film as the directors own creation.

We can see this in films such as The Shining. I picked this example because of what Stanley Kubrick did throughout filming. Kubrick was classed as insane and his IQ was extremely high and his attention to detail being out of this world, and The Shining shows this perfectly. During the filming of The Shining Kubrick made actor Shelly Duvall retake a scene more than 80 times until she was physically distressed. Also there are some cans lined in one of the rooms and it was said Kubrick physically lined them up himself. Conspiracy theorists say that the film has a direct link to him faking the moon landing. But Kubrick's attention to detail could have made this just a coincidence even with evidence.

Being classed as an Auteur includes:

- Collaborations with Actors or Screen-writers

- Having your own visual style (E.g. Wes Anderson Colour Pallet and Symmetry)

- They Usually have a sustainable body of work

- Reoccurring themes (E.g. Edgar Wright the cornetto trilogy)

Wes Anderson Symmetry:

Auteur Theory suggests that if one is to make a film using commercial apparatus in film making the same way as a writers puts pen to paper. Also the director can use a visually appealing style that makes his or hers films standout using different techniques. Furthermore they are using their own artistic themes to make the story their own it may not be intended but we still think of the film as that directors creation.