Successful film director research

A very successful film director who has directed some amazing thriller movies is Christopher Nolan. Christopher Jonathan is a British-American film director, writer and producer. He was born 30 July 1970. Christopher Nolan began making films at the age of seven using his father's super 8mm camera and an assortment of male-action figures. He first collaborated with Wally Pfister, who would photograph all his subsequent films.

 After directing Insomnia (2002), Nolan pitched an idea for a reboot of the Batman film franchise to Warner Bros., eventually making a successful trilogy. Inception (2010) was an original screenplay by Nolan, a heist film set in the world of "shared dreaming." Nolan co-founded Syncopy Films with his wife, Emma Thomas, and they have produced all his films since The Prestige (2006).


I have chosen this director as he is one of the most successful thriller directors ever alive this is because this director has directed the most famous movies such as Momento (1998), Insomnia (2000), Batman Begins (2002), The Prestige (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010).

Christopher Jonathan is a film director who would entertain the audience throughout the long movies, he uses and thinks completely differently to other directors and always has a way to cheer the audience. The way Christopher Jonathan directs the movie is like the audience is involved in the movie which makes it more interesting.

bbfc rating system

BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) is a non-governmental organization, funded by the film industry and responsible for the national classification of films within the United Kingdom It has a statutory requirement to classify videos, DVDs and some video games.

I and my group have shared different ideas which movie rating we should give our movie. We all decided on how our movie rating is going to be 12 as this would provide us with more audiences. As this is a thriller genre we believe that children over 12 would enjoy as we have many suspense moments. 

Below are the criteria we have to follow to make our final product, as its a 12 rating movie, we have to follow the listed below.

Discrimination

Discriminatory language or behaviour must not be endorsed by the work as a whole. Aggressive discriminatory language or behaviour is unlikely to be acceptable unless clearly condemned.

Drugs

Any misuse of drugs must be infrequent and should not be glamorised or give instructional detail.

Horror

Moderate physical and psychological threat may be permitted, provided disturbing sequences are not frequent or sustained.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied, or appear pain or harm free.  Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language

Moderate language is allowed. The use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’) must be infrequent.

Nudity

Nudity is allowed, but in a sexual context must be brief and discreet.

Sex

Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Sex references should not go beyond what is suitable for young teenagers. Frequent crude references are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme

Mature themes are acceptable, but their treatment must be suitable for young teenagers.

Violence

Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context. Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated, and must have a strong contextual justification.

 

Narrative

What is narrative?
Narrative is the coherence/organisation given to a series of facts. It is the way the story is told to the audience.


The conventional narrative structure pointed out by Tzvetan Todorov as a rule has five stages though this can be rudimentary broken down to three stages, a beginning (state of equilibrium), middle (disruption to the equilibrium) and end (reinstate the equilibrium).

Tzvetan Todorov

The conventional narrative structure complete with five stages:

Stage 1
A state of equilibrium is defined.

Stage 2
Disruption to the equilibrium by some action or crisis.

Stage3
The Character recognition that there has been a disruption, setting goals to resolve problem.

Stage4
The Character attempt to repair the disruption, obstacles need to be overcome to restore order.

Stage5
Reinstatement to the equilibrium. Situation is resolved, a conclusion is announced.

Propp’s Theory

Vladimir Propp’s theory was formed in the early twentieth Century. He studies Russian fairytales and discovered that in stories there were always 8 types of characters evident. These are:

1.       The hero

2.       The villain

3.       The donor

4.       The dispatcher

5.       The false hero

6.       The helper

7.       The princess

8.       Her Father.

He did not state these characters were all separate people, for example the provider could also be the helper. There are only 8 different character types. Once they have identified the character type (e.g., the hero) it’s easy to guess what they will do (save the maiden, defeat the villain, marry the maiden etc) because each character has a SPHERE OF ACTION. This is easily relatable to films and programmes today.

Barthes’ Enigma Code

The narrative will establish enigmas or mysteries as it goes along. Essentially, the narrative functions to establish and then solve these mysteries.