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Laura Jancovic 7 May 2023 Professor Juliet Beckman Auteur Project Intro to Film.

[Audio] Cinematic style of Christopher Nolan. Cinematic style of Christopher Nolan.

[Audio] The real scandal of the auteur theory lay not so much in glorifying the director as the equivalent in prestige to the literary author, but rather in exactly WHO was granted this prestige.

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[Audio] Christopher Nolan has been making movies since he was young on his fathers Super-8 camera, progressing to16mm films in the film society at University College London. This is where he learned his guerrilla techniques he used for his first feature film, Following in 1998. Following was recognized at a number of international film festivals and this allowed Nolan to gain credibility to finance his next film..

From his filmography you can see, Christopher Nolan has released dozens of films that have been seen by tens of millions of people worldwide. These films have dozens of honors including nominations for Best Picture of the Year as well as multiple nominations for Best Director and Best Achievment in Directing as well as multiple awards won from around the world. His incredible list of films have earned over $5 billion world wide. Quite the successful cult, right? You most likely have seen one of his films, whether he was director, producer or both. I love his Batman movies and Inception myself. But has anyone truly SEEN a Christopher Nolan Film? Christopher Nolan, being our Auteur, has quite the unique style in his movies. When you watch any of the Batman movies, Interstellar or Inception, you immediately know Christopher Nolan is involved…. But do you know why? That is what we are here to define so you can pinpoint exactly what it is that screams NOLAN in his films,.

Lets take a look into how Christopher Nolan creates the films so many people adore, from the people he works with to the technology he commonly uses. You will see that only Christopher Nolan could have created the dreamscapes of Inception, the future and space worlds of Interstellar or the gritty, dark version of Batman..

Christopher Nolan’s body of work is defined by the use of the same actors and the same techniques to define his movies as “Nolan- esque ” He likes to use a group of actors in his films, similar to how Tim Burton always finds a place for Johnny Depp or Helena Bonham Carter. Some of Christopher Nolan’s preferred actors for his films are Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Michael Caine and Cillian Murphy..

Some other actors who appear in multiple Nolan films are….

CILLIAN MURPHY. (who had roles in the Batman trilogy, Inception and a minor role in Dunkirk).

REOCURRING TECHNIQUES, AESTETICS AND THEMES THAT MAKE CHRISTOPHER NOLAN AN AUTEUR.

Nolan is known for manipulating a stories time in addition to the viewers experience of the film. This is used partly for character development. The use of tracking shots which follow or focus on faces, reactions, hands, and important objects; are intended to give information specifically to the main character of the movie and are often paired with important plot exposition. His use of large format shots is usually for set piece or world building. This is intended to give the audience information that the main character does not have and may not learn. Another technique Nolan favors is non-linear storytelling which he uses to intrigue the audience and keep them watching..

Christopher Nolan is quoted saying “I’m fascinated by our subjective perception of reality, that we are all stuck in a very singular point of view, a singular perspective on what we all agree to be an objective reality, and movies are one of the ways in which we try to see things from the same point of view” in regards to one of multiple themes that reoccur in his films. One theme that can be seen in multiple films is allowing for the audience to come up with their own interpretations. For example, (spoiler) at the end of Inception, the spinning top keeps going, looks like it might stop or continue but before you are able to see which, the movie ends. This allows the audience to decide if Cobb is dreaming or not..

Nolan tends to favor documentary style lighting, hand held camera work as well as natural settings and real locations to film instead of studio work. He is known to known to stray from the Hollywood norm of special effects and favors using practical effects as much as possible. A majority of his films also tend to have the same color palette; this is because Christopher Nolan is red/green colorblind. His films are said to be influenced by film noir and favor men in suits, muted colors and urban settings..

Inception ending.mov. The above video is the ending to Inception. It is a great example of Christopher Nolan leaving it open to interpretation. Does the top stop? Is Cobb dreaming about his kids again? You can’t really tell since the video ends before you know. This is one of my favorite endings in a movie. The music (Hans Zimmerman is a musical genius) isn’t loud but its epic. It is final. You know you just watched a fantastic movie. As a viewer, not doing the auteur project, I get chills during this ending. It’s a perfect masterpiece Christopher Nolan directed….as usual..

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