Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

‘Super 8’ (J.J. Abrams, USA, 2011) ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ (Wes Anderson, USA, 2012)

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

Who makes a film? Note down the different people involved in producing a film.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

Note down as many examples of the following as you can think of.Directors Screenwriters Cinematographers

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

• Film as art vs. film as commerce.• 1950s French film criticism – film as

language of expression.• La politique des auteurs.• Auteur Theory• Criticisms of auteurism.• Death of the author/intentional fallacy.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

Alfred Hitchcock was seen as the classic auteur. A master of cinematic mise-en-scene. Many of his films deal with the act of looking, or spying, and are concerned with obsession, guilt, and paranoia. Many of his films use the detective or spy genre as a pretext to explore the predatory aspects of human behaviour, especially voyeurism. This is expressed through his use of the classic point of view shot structure.

Themes (Inner Meaning) – Techniques/Style

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

‘Moonrise Kingdom’ (Wes Anderson, USA, 2012)Wes Anderson

FilmographyMoonrise Kingdom (2012)Fantastic Mr Fox (2009)The Darjeeling Limited (2007)The Life Acquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)Rushmore (1998)Bottle Rocket (1996)

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

‘Moonrise Kingdom’ (Wes Anderson, USA, 2012)Wes Anderson

Mark Browning2011

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

‘Moonrise Kingdom’ (Wes Anderson, USA, 2012)Wes Anderson

There are identifiable common elements: • stop-motion-animation • the playful, elaborate sets • Stylized costuming • painstaking attention paid to period mimicry • mise-en-scene. • Use of repertory of actors• Character types - the tender, somehow compromised

lovers, the spiritually wasted, vagrant authority figure, the colorful distant relations.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

‘Moonrise Kingdom’ (Wes Anderson, USA, 2012)Wes Anderson

Compare the opening sequence of ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ to ‘The Royal Tennenbaums’. What are the similarities?http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/the-substance-of-style-20120517

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

‘Moonrise Kingdom’ (Wes Anderson, USA, 2012)Wes Anderson

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

J.J. Abrams - Filmography

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

J.J. Abrams – Television Credits

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

J.J. Abrams – Author?

To what extent can J.J. Abrams be considered an auteur?Is there a consistent world-view in his films? Do they explore similar themes?Abrams has only directed 4 films – is it too early tell if he is an auteur?

Is he better described as a metteur-en-scene? Any personal artistic vision is subordinate to the demands of Hollywood genre commercial products?

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

J.J. Abrams – Style Lens Flare

Lens Flare“Lens flare” is a effect caused by light that has been scattered over a camera lens by internal reflection. In film-making and cinematography, lens flare is often used intentionally to invoke a sense of drama or to screen the artificial textures of CGI-edited motion pictures. Modern film camera equipment has components that prevent flares from occurring during shoots.

Lesson Objectives: To be able to explain approaches to film authorship, and apply these to ‘Super 8’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’.

J.J. Abrams