Auteur Theory: Textual Analysis And Genres
Textual Analysis and Genres
Auteur theory holds that a director's film reflects the director's personal creative vision, as if they were the primary "auteur" the French word for author. In spite of—and sometimes even because of—the production of the film as part of an industrial process, the auteur's creative voice is distinct enough to shine through all kinds of studio interference and through the collective process. In law, the film is treated as a work of art, and the auteur, as the creator of the film, is the original copyright holder. Under European Union law, the film director is considered the author or one of the authors of a film, largely as a result of the influence of auteur theory.[1]Auteur theory has influenced film criticism …show more content…
In these films Smith puts a lot of his life experiences into his films for example the majority of the film ‘Clerks’ is actually shot in the convenience store Smith himself worked in as a young man but as time went on Smith started to show a slightly darker side of his personality in his films such as ‘Dogma’ a film which is a hypothetical-scenario film revolving around the Catholic Church and Catholic belief, which caused organized protests and much controversy in many countries, delaying release of the film and leading to at least two death threats against Smith. Later films that showed a darker side of Smith and which began to bring him out of the comedy genre almost completely are ‘Cop Out’ a comedy action film about two American police officers and his latest film to date ‘Red State’ a film advertised as a horror film and it does very well to live up to that but the most important aspect of this film is Smith still managed to put aspects of his own life like his done many times before into his films. It is very well known that Kevin Smith has …show more content…
Not too surprisingly this film wasn’t called ‘Cop Out’ originally it was however called ‘A couple of dicks’ before being changed to ‘A couple of cops’ and then of course the writers the Cullen brothers settled on what we now know it to be called ‘Cop Out’. Just like most films Cop Out uses a huge variety of shots for example tracking shots, establishing shots and over the shoulder shots etc. This is a very fast paced film with quick slick cuts from shot to shot, which of course are very well known aspects of an action
Auteur theory holds that a director's film reflects the director's personal creative vision, as if they were the primary "auteur" the French word for author. In spite of—and sometimes even because of—the production of the film as part of an industrial process, the auteur's creative voice is distinct enough to shine through all kinds of studio interference and through the collective process. In law, the film is treated as a work of art, and the auteur, as the creator of the film, is the original copyright holder. Under European Union law, the film director is considered the author or one of the authors of a film, largely as a result of the influence of auteur theory.[1]Auteur theory has influenced film criticism …show more content…
In these films Smith puts a lot of his life experiences into his films for example the majority of the film ‘Clerks’ is actually shot in the convenience store Smith himself worked in as a young man but as time went on Smith started to show a slightly darker side of his personality in his films such as ‘Dogma’ a film which is a hypothetical-scenario film revolving around the Catholic Church and Catholic belief, which caused organized protests and much controversy in many countries, delaying release of the film and leading to at least two death threats against Smith. Later films that showed a darker side of Smith and which began to bring him out of the comedy genre almost completely are ‘Cop Out’ a comedy action film about two American police officers and his latest film to date ‘Red State’ a film advertised as a horror film and it does very well to live up to that but the most important aspect of this film is Smith still managed to put aspects of his own life like his done many times before into his films. It is very well known that Kevin Smith has …show more content…
Not too surprisingly this film wasn’t called ‘Cop Out’ originally it was however called ‘A couple of dicks’ before being changed to ‘A couple of cops’ and then of course the writers the Cullen brothers settled on what we now know it to be called ‘Cop Out’. Just like most films Cop Out uses a huge variety of shots for example tracking shots, establishing shots and over the shoulder shots etc. This is a very fast paced film with quick slick cuts from shot to shot, which of course are very well known aspects of an action