Auteurism is a film theory originating in France in the late 1940s that considers the director to be the "author" of a film if their creative influence is so great that it shapes the overall storytelling, including elements like camera placement, lighting, and scene length rather than just the plot. The theory was popularized by American critic Andrew Sarris and grew out of earlier work by French critics André Bazin and Alexandrè Astruc analyzing how a director's style can imprint a film with their personal vision.

1. Auteurism
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2. What is Auteurism?
• ‘A director, who’s creative influence is so great
on a film they’re considered as its author’
• French- Old French for ‘Author’
(TheFreeDictionary)

3. Where does the theory come from?
• France, the late 1940s
• Andrew Sarris Dubbed it as the ‘Auteur
Theory’
• It was an outgrowth of André Bazin and
Alexandrè Astrucs theories.
(Encyclopedia Britannica)

4. The Theory
• Overall, the Auteur Theory is the idea that the
Director can be seen as the ‘author’ of a film if
their input influences greatly on the way the
story is told. For example, if ‘fundamental
visual elements such as, camera placement,
Blocking, lighting and scene length, rather
than plotline convey the message of the film’
(Encyclopedia Britannica)