Ridley Scott is an English film director known for his distinctive visual style. He was born in South Shields, England and moved around frequently as a child due to his father's career in the army. Scott began his career making television commercials and short films in the UK. His first major film was 1977's The Duellists. Scott is renowned for his films such as Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, and Gladiator. He is known for his strong visual style, extensive storyboarding, and use of landscape and atmosphere to enhance his storytelling.

1. A View of Ridley Scott
Keresa McIntire

2. Youth
•Scott was born in South
Shields, England.
•He was Raised in an army
family, so his father was •After World War 2, his
absent from his life for most family moved back to
of his childhood. their native north-east
•Scott moved around a lot, England, and eventually
some of these places being settled in Teesside. The
Cumbria, Wales and landscape of this place is
Germany. what later inspired him
for his work in scenes in
Blade Runner.

3. Wikipedia,
Apprentice 2011
• His final for college at the Royal
College of Art, was a black and
white short film called, Boy and
Bicycle.
• During the 1970’s, he started
his career with television
commercials in the UK.
• One popular advertisement
being, Bike Round, in 1974.
• Scott’s first major film was,
Duellist in 1977.
• Next was his creation of, Alien
in 1979

4. Wikipedia, 2011
Awards
Cannes Award -
BAFTA -
• 1977: The Duellist
• 1991: Thelma & Louise
• 2000: Gladiator Academy Award
Nominations -
• 2006: American • 1991: Thelma & Louise
Gangster
• 2000: Gladiator
Saturn Award -
• 2006: American
• 1979: Alien Gangster

5. Techniques - Styles
• Strong female types, for • Scott also extensively uses
example his film G.I. Jane smoke and other atmospheres
expresses this type of his to emphasizes the feel of his
film. films.
• Strong conflicts between • Something I found interesting
father and son. was that throughout his movies
he is constant with his choice
• Scott uses cityscapes as an
of composers.
emphasis to his storytelling.
• He uses his storyboards
extensively.

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Quotes
“But Gladiator is one of my favorite adventures because I
really loved going into the world. I loved creating a world to
the degree where you could almost smell it.”
“Cast is everything.”
“Doing what you haven’t done is the key, I think.”
“People say I pay too much attention to the look of a movie
but for God’s sake, I’m not producing a Radio 4 Play for
Today, I’m making a movie that people are going to look at.” -
Ridley Scott
Brainy Quotes, 2011

8. Techniques and Style
• He personally sketches most
of his own storyboards
• Frequently uses music by the
• Strong female characters same composer, Hans
Zimmer.
• He favors extensive use of
the two-camera ‘V’ set-up, • Begins most films with an
thus enabling his actors to montage, a sequence of shots
play more fluidly off one of information of the story.
another and this is something
that shines through in his • Is said to be the “father of
director’s cut”
films.
• His use of sweeping
landscapes and backdrops.
IMDB, 2011

9. I felt that this quote really said it all, what he
left behind was his style and his intensely put
Legacy together films.
• “Often derided by critics for his tendency to
emphasise style over substance, particularly in the use
of inexplicable, though atmospheric, light sources ,
Scott has created a vision of the past and, most
dramatically, the future, that has influenced a whole
generation of film makers.” Ian Haydn Smith(contemporary
North American FIlm Directors, 2002)

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• "Ridley Scott Quotes - BrainyQuote." Famous Quotes at BrainyQuote.
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ridley_scott.html>.
• "Ridley Scott." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 15 Dec. 2011.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley_Scott>.
• "Ridley Scott - IMDb." The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Web. 15
Dec. 2011. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000631/>.
• Ridley Scott Prometheus Alien 5 Five v Prequel New Movie Film Robin
Hood Blade Runner Alien. Web. 15 Dec. 2011. <http://
www.ridleyscott.net/>.