Great Directors

• • Introduction: the idea of the auteur/Howard Hawks I
  • Howard Hawks II
  • Kubrick I
  • Kubrick II
  • Scorsese I
  • Scorsese II
  • Bigelow I
  • Bigelow II
  • Guillermo Del Toro I
  • Guillermo Del Toro II
  • Taika Waititi I
  • Taika Waititi II

Others

You must complete Level 1 Communication Studies before starting this subject.

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Access to videos or DVDs or movie downloads.

This subject was previously known as Screen Analysis 2.

Take a seat alongside some of cinema’s most celebrated auteurs. Cast the spotlight on filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Guillermo Del Toro and Taika Waititi. Develop an understanding of how some directors can leave an undeniable stamp on each film they make.

The average entertainment film is the result of dozens, sometimes hundreds, of creative and technical personnel working together. And yet, certain directors have come to be known for their ability to put an individual stamp on their films, despite the collective and industrial nature of commercial film production. This subject looks closely at the work of such directors in studio era and contemporary Hollywood cinema, as well as global cinema more generally. Looking closely at the work of and critical responses toHollywood’s Howard Hawks, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, and Kathryn Bigelow, as well as Mexico’s Guillermo Del Toro and New Zealand’s Taika Waititi, this course emphases aesthetic and thematic close analyses while considering the idea of the director-as-film-author or auteur in its social, cultural and industrial contexts.

• Essay 1 (40%)
• Essay 2 (60%)

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