Author Archives: Noel Jacob

The end of the Auteur Era As I start my journey to be a film graduate and hopefully be a film director, I came across some recent news, that there is a lack of auteur filmmakers. As we progress towards new year and new generations, creativity is now being influenced by Politic Correctness ideology. Apparently,Continue reading “Reflection 10”

Rajkumar Hirani- The Indian auteur I thought after blogging about the Hollywood auteur directors, it would be fair to blog about Bollywood cinema as well. So for this blog I chose Rajkumar Hirani, who is known for creating some of the funniest, emotional movies. He is know to direct movies which has social, political causeContinue reading “Reflection 9”

Michael Bay- “The American Auteur” Speaking of action films, here is another action filmmaker with fast cars, fast chases, witty dialogues, explosions and beautiful models. Michael Bay could be Tarantino’s younger brother when it comes to action film. The differences are the use of camera work and the stories. Where one uses a non-linear styleContinue reading “Reflection 8”

Kathryn Bigelow- The Hidden auteur Here is another established female auteur, and her movies have spoken the kind of auteur she is. Maybe, her movies were hard to watch at first, but she has certainly given a new meaning to addiction. For example, Blue Steel, shows the protagnist who has fallen in love with aContinue reading “Reflection 7”

Sofia Coppola: Auteur or feminine director? Now we all know Francis Ford Coppola, if not let me remind you the director of ‘The Godfather Trilogy’, ‘Apocalypse now’, ‘Bram stroker’s Dracula’ and I could keep going on. As Mr Coppola in his early years of his career dominated the film industry and directed many masculine films,Continue reading “Reflection 6”

Batmans and The Dark Knight Burgos, J.C.R (2019) The Dark Knight. [Online] [Accessed 13th December 2019] Available: https://bottleneckgallery.com/blogs/news/the-dark-knight-by-juan-carlos-ruiz-burgos-on-sale-info Braid, A (2014) Scruffy Nerfherder Presents: The Top 10 Best Batmans. [Online][Accessed 13th December 2019] Avilable: http://scruffynerfherderreviews.blogspot.com/2014/08/scruffy-nerfherder-presents-top-10-best.html

Christopher Nolan: ‘The Real Deal’ With the start of his career (The Following), he is been considered as one of intellectual and innovative directors to come up with the stories like Memento, Insomnia, Prestige and many others. Inspired by the great Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick, Nolan was now becoming new director in Hollywood town.Continue reading “Reflection 4”

Auteur: Quentin Tarantino 2 Lets continue, In the previous blog I mentioned Quentin Tarantino to break the conventional laws of film making. What makes him as the perfect author? Is that he not only directs, but also writes his own scripts, and visually narrates the stories in the most creative way possible, also known as,Continue reading “Reflection 3”

Auteur: Quentin Tarantino Auteurs differentiate themselves from other theories, as mentioned previously they show the film in their own perspective. Unlike genre, auteurs are not repetitive, they do not follow the same code and conventions of a genre film. I believe there is certain amount of freedom when it comes to be an auteur; butContinue reading “Reflection 2”

Reflection 1 About myself and Auteur Since childhood I’ve been fascinated by films and filmmakers and admired their style of story telling. But to me, the film that inspired to me the most was, “The Dark Knight”. Christopher Nolan has convinced me the style of Auteur Film making. After watching, many other films of differentContinue reading “Filmy Lyfe”