You are to produce an ‘Auteur’ helpsheet based upon a director. Please litter your helpsheet with images to help back up your argument. This can be done digitally or by simply sticking images and type onto a4 sheets of paper. The worksheets should be of a high standard as they will be distributed to the class for revision purposes.
Your helpsheets must include the following:
- Short 100-word biography
- Name 5 key films by the director
- List the characteristics and recurring themes of the director
- What influences does the director cite? This could be a film or other forms of arts or popular culture.
- Which other filmmakers have the director influenced?
- Which film would you say was quintessential of their style and why?
- Using your imagination, pitch a new film (not yet made, and probably never will be) that could be made by the director. Explain your reasons.
Students and directors
Bache, Evie - John Ford
Baxandall, Leighton - Quentin Tarantino
Clemenson, Jonny - John Carpenter
Hall, Ethan - Stanley Kubrick
Higgins, Liam - Stephen Spielberg
Hoggart, Finn - Wes Anderson
Jarrett, Harry - Akira Kurosawa
Knight, Antonia - Alfred Hitchcock
Minta, Jamie - David Lynch
Santana, Jacob - Tim Burton
Thomas, Harry - Terry Gilliam
Williams, George - David Fincher
Deadline: start of the lesson, Monday 27th of November.
