Notes on the auteur theory, 2004 Auteur is French for author. The auteur theory is a way of reading and appraising films through the imprint of an auteur, usually meant to be the director. André Bazin (1918-1958), the editor of France’s foremost film magazine, Cahiers du Cinéma, proclaimed Howard Hawks one of the [...]
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Film Studies, 2004 essay question Question: What do you understand by the term ‘Classical Hollywood narrative’? How far does the narrative of any 1 or 2 of the films screened in weeks 1-8 of the module adhere to the accepted module of ‘classical Hollywood narrative’’? Answer: For this assignment I will be studying [...]
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Some essay questions regarding film for a Film Studies exam in 2005. ANALYSING FILM SCENES Clip 1. The first clip is from ‘Magnolia’ (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, USA, 1999). The audience know this is the opening of the film as it follows the opening credits. The clip opens with a non-diegetic narration, with the narrator’s [...]
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