Art director

create visually and auditory striking films. Two prestigious auteurs from the 20th century who have been recognized for their creative genius and their own unique style are Robert Altman and Tim Burton. Both directors have their own distinct style and approach to film making. Both of these directors are considered auteurs because they have come up with their own creative ways to film box-office hits. Tim Burt is known for his unconventional films. Most of his films are his own original…

Pipeline Development and Management Prior to OAI’s engagement, all of the existing Partnership Directors and the Interim Chief of Partnerships had large individuals large prospect lists, which included current sponsors, active prospects, disqualified prospects, and names of potential prospects with no current activity. Each Director managed their list separately. Directors worked towards the team revenue goal, but did not have an established individual goal. Moreover, there were no activity…

Career- Director (Film) Research Paper I. Introduction to the career of directing Steve Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott Joss Whedon and Kathryn Bigelow are not only influential personalities and globally admired celebrities but also celebrated motion picture directors whose works will live through human history. These film directors are proof that a career in film directing is one of the few that present an opportunity for creative minds to influence history and re-write humanity’s…

During the two world wars, there was a popular art design movement between the 1920’s to 1930’s. It was a combination of different artist styles; neoclassical, constructivism, cubism, modernism, art nouveau, and futurism. These styles affected all types of art such as architecture, interior, design, sculpture, furniture, industrial design and other mediums like clothing, jewelry, graphic arts, paintings, and films. This movement was one of the reason why the twenties were known for “a world…

Introduction to Maya Deren Maya Deren is one of the prominent figures in American experimental filmmaking, who is celebrated as a ‘legend’ and the “Mother of Avant-Garde” (Hornung 2005, p. 280; Pramaggiore 1997, p. 17). Maya Deren was born Eleanora Derenkowsky into a family of prominent educated Russian Jews in 1917, in Kiev, during the birth of the Revolution (Doneson n.d., p. 327; Fabe 1996, p. 146; McPherson 2005, p. 8). She was the only child of Solomon David Derenkowsky, a psychiatrist…

If ever there was film that epitomized rising talent’s ability to vastly improve mediocre material it’s this one. Emily Blunt is quickly becoming one of my favorite actresses working today, she magnificently embodies everything I believe a great actress should. Her comfort zone regarding roles in virtually non-existent, she’s willing to commit whole-heartedly to every role she gets, and her versatility and range allows both of the previous assets to work as remarkably well as they do. ‘Edge of…

looked like an obstacle unable to be hurdled within the industry, turned out to be one of French New Wave’s defining attributes. With little to no funding, directors had to find alternate ways to film while working on a very tight budget, which meant non-professional actors, little to no script, and innovative methods of filming (Hitchman). These alternatives to the traditional way of film production are responsible for the The French New Wave’s reputation as an audacious movement based on…

Throughout recent history, thousands of films have been created by a large amount of directors. However, few have made as big an impact as Frank Capra. His work has been regarded as some of the most inspiring pieces of cinema and should be looked to for inspiration. Even though he was an underrated director for his time, Frank Capra was one of the biggest influences on modern cinema. He was able to accomplish this by creating a series of films that all followed the same, unique recipe…

film, bringing in vastly different cultures together to appreciate art. Those are the questions I'll be answering. In this essay let’s talk about the cultural differences and consumption of the movie; Ichi the Killer, directed by Takashi Miike, originally a manga made by Hideo Yamamoto. I will be talking about the movie itself with a quick plot summary of what happens, next I’ll be moving on to the context of the film from the directors point of view down to the audiences, the convergence of…

production: it is an opinion that directors simply film what they see, that filming is a mechanical process that does not implicate any hard work but “merely register[s] external appearances, and therefore cannot be art” (Stam 2008: 7). However, DeWitt Bodeen, co-author of the screenplay for Peter Ustinov’s Billy Budd (1962), claims that: “Adapting literary works to film is, without doubt, a creative undertaking” (qtd. in McFarlane 1996: 7). Besides, a film director always faces choices: in…