Auteur is a term used to describe an artist, usually a film director, who applies a highly centralized and subjective control to many aspects of a collaborative creative work; in other words, a person equivalent to an author of a novel or a play

Metteur en scène (literally “scene-setter”) is a phrase that refers to the mise en scène of a particular film director. It suggests that the director has technical competence when it comes to film directing, but does not add personal style to the aesthetic of the film.

Choose a film director who you think matches up the “auteur” criteria set out by Astruc and Bazin in Cahiers Du Cinema (see Powerpoint for more details) and justify your choice using illustrated examples.

Blog Post due on Thus 4th Feb

HINT – Use the Danny Boyle case study on the slides as a structural guide or style model.