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1. Auter
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2. What is it? And what impact does it have on
the film?
• Auter comes from the French word author.
• It auteur theory is basically the artistic identity of the director put on their
film, basically their style - 'a distinct creative voice you can spot.'
• The theory mainly originates from two essays by two different people – the
first from Francois Truffaut in his essay 'A Certain Tendency Of The French
Cinema,' in the French film magazine 'Kali A Du Cinema.' The other was by
Andrew Sarris by 'Notes On The Auter Theory, followed by his book 'The
American Cinema Directors And Directions.'
• In the second world war, France wasn't allowed any films outside the Nazi's
films themselves. So when the war ended, they got cluster of all these films
from the last decade and started to pick of a pattern in films – theorizing
that it could be possible to identify the director of the film, even without
credits.

3. Example; Wes Anderson
• One of the greater know visual auteur's Wes Anderson has, is the
symmetry he uses. In every shot (of his more recent films) there will
symmetry used in his composition.
• The story often focuses around themes of a father and son – whether
it be the passing of a dad in 'The Darjeeling Limited,' or the father
figure Zero sees in Mr. Moustafa in 'The Grand Budapest Hotel.'
• Another heavy element he uses in his films is the use of vibrant
colours and use of colour pallets – for example 'Fantastic Mr Fox's'
heavy use of yellows and oranges.

4. Example; Edgar Wright
• A small detail that can be commonly noticed in a lot Edgar Wrights films is
the use frame wipes.
• Also, another common feature found in Wright's films is the use of small
quick montages when a character does something – applying a comedic
sense of dramatism to common tasks.
• In terms of actual story, Wright uses a huge amount of foreshadowing in his
stories – allowing for at least in my opinion a re-watchable experience, in
which you'll now start to pick up on new elements of story.
• Though not exclusive, Wright works with a lot of the same cast especially
that of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost - through such products as
'Spaced,' 'Shaun of The Dead,' 'Hot Fuzz' and 'Worlds End.'

5. Example; Steven Spielberg
• Spielberg often shows off the character's reactions before he shows us
what they're looking at (known as the Spielberg-face.)
• He uses powerful scores to back up his storytelling, often pairing with John
Williams.
• would call this wall to wall music.
• He uses long takes, becoming known as Spielberg oners
• He places an emphasis on childhood – he likes to tell stories through
children's eyes or places the value on them highly.
• On top of this he includes story the revolves around the relationship
of father – whether he's being distant in 'Indiana Jones and the Last
Crusade' or the father like figure seen in Robin Williams in 'Hook.'

6. Indepth Look
'Spielberg face.'
Looking at various shots from
various films he's done, you can
see the line of symmetry and
how he builds his composition
around that.
Wes Anderson's use of colour schemes.

7. Bibliography
• Jim Gisriel. (2016). What is Auteur Theory? | Deep Focus. Available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzTRjsefTXc&list=PL2F-
QswQwYWODF3R2b_csSl0YEMGOhx3w&index=2&t=0s. Last
accessed 8th Oct 2019.
• Foxy Roxy. (2016). Explained with Wes Anderson Movies. Available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RucvoL0hi2o&list=PL2F-
QswQwYWODF3R2b_csSl0YEMGOhx3w&index=2. Last accessed 8th
Oct 2019.