The document discusses the directing styles of several filmmakers: - Catherine Hardwicke is known for her teen-focused films and uses color and lighting to realistically portray relationships and evoke emotion. - Alfred Hitchcock used suspenseful narratives and withholding information to build suspense, as well as the theme of mistaken identity in films like The 39 Steps and North by Northwest. - Tim Burton blends dark and cheerful elements and pushes boundaries with strange, fantastical worlds, frequently collaborating with actors like Johnny Depp and composer Danny Elfman. - Shane Meadows takes a gritty, realistic approach in low-budget films, able to change genres and present social issues and working-

1. signature directing styles

2. Catherine Hardwicke
is knownfor her teen focused films and her most famous to date
being Twilght.
She has an indie style,due to many being independant,low
budget movies which add a gritty edge her films shown in
thirteen and lords of dogtown.
has close professional relationship with cinematographer elliot
Davis (who is infamous for is use of colour and lighting) adds a
more realistic depth to the films presenting the relationships
between the characters and evoking the emotions of the
audience to simpathise with the characters and situations.

3. various use of colours within
her movies to present the
undelying issues and themes in
Thirteen,Lords of dogtown and
Twilight.

4. Alfred Hitchcock
Through is successful film career he's been nicknamed the
master of suspense by many film critics and fans through his
flair for narrative to build suspense ,knowing how to crucially
withold information from the audience in order to play on the
emotions of his audiences.
the use of mistaken identity is presented within many of his
films including noth by northwest whose main character is
mistaken for a CIA agent,The 39 steps in which the main
character is accused of murder which he didn't commit and The
Wrong Man in which the protagonist mistaken as a criminal.

5. example of hitcocks' use of
mistaken identity in order:The
39 Steps,The Wrong Man and
North by Northwest

6. Tim Burton
He is known for his blending of "the terrifyingly dark with the
whimsical and cheerful in a way"* which he uses to appeal to
audiences both young and old which has given him international
success.
He takes his inspiration from old fantasy epics, hammer horrors
and Italian master Federico Fellini who he pays homage to in
various scenes throughout many of his films especially in his 2003
sucess, Big Fish.
His continual use of specific actors within his movies including
Johnny Depp,winona Rider and his wife Helena Bonham Carter
add to his success through the already established fanbase
generated by these actors and composer Danny Elfman.
He's always pushing the boundaries of the strange and fantastical
*-taken from www.timburtoncollective.com

7. Just some of Burton's strange and
fantastical creations including the
gothic suburbian beetlejuice and
edward scissorhands,Big
fish,Sleepy Hollow and Alice
inWonderland

8. Shane meadows
Although all of his films are low budget,he has used his unique
and creative style to develop a guerilla technique which has
proved successful in his gritty, less flattering and more realistic
approach to filming with the ability of making his audiecne
simpathise with unlikely and usually unlikable characters for
instance the mob in TwentyFourSeven.
He also has the ability to completely change the expected
genre of a film ,for example in This Is England which begins
comedy-esque and morphs into a dark drama dealing with
social issues.
Presenting a realistic look into social and working class issues.

9. some examples of Meadows'
realistic social cultural(guerilla)
style.

10. Martin Scorsese
Most of his films are set in New York which establishes the fast
and intense atmosphere of his crime-dramas and thrillers.
He frequently uses long tracking shots,frequent use of slow
motion (mean streets and Taxi Driver)
His lead characters are often sociopathic or emit a need to fit
in/be apart of society (are loners)
Guilt is also a prominent theme within his films and religion
(catholism) for the characters to present and deal with the
issue of guilt.(GoodFellas,Mean Streets ,Shutter Island)

11. example of Scorsese's
long shots (goodfellas)
iconic yellow Newyork taxi in taxi
Driver
Robery De Niro as Travis Bickle
(mentally unstable vietnam
veteran)

12. David Slade
Adds a dark edge in his films both visually and through plot ,in
hard candy he presents the sinister issue of peadophilia with a
role reversal of power,the girl being the torturer.
In all films has a good use of colour based on the genre and
narrative plot and uses variety of angles which adds to his dark
themes and visuals.

13. use of lighting and colour to
produce dark and edgy
cinematography