I feel that it is important that I research into past and present film directors to get a feel of what film production will be like.
The first film director I am going to look at is Sir Alfred Hitchcock.
Sir Alfred Hitchcock – Born 13th August 1899 and died 29th April 1980
He was an English director and producer and he pioneered many techniques in the thriller genre. He directed more than 50 feature films in an astonishing career spanning six decades. He also pioneered the use of a camera made to mimic a person’s gaze and his shots maximized anxiety and drama which was highly effective in film. His films also embodied psychoanalysis and strong sexual undertones. Through cameo appearances in his own films and through interviews and his own programme ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’, he became a cultural icon.
Noel Clarke – Born 6th December 1975
He is an English actor, director and screenwriter from London. He is well known for starring in ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ and ‘Doctor Who’. He studied media at the University of North London. He most notably appeared in and wrote the screenplay for ‘Kidulthood’ and wrote, directed and starred in the sequel ‘Adulthood’, which grossed £1,209,319 on the opening weekend of its release. Clarke has worked with the BBC Blast project for young teenagers and it aims to inspire young people to be creative. He began writing in 2005 .and is still writing today.
His other writing credits include ‘West 10 LDN’ a pilot for BBC Three that is about kids on a rough housing estate. This is significant as our product ‘Pariah’ is also intended to be a pilot for channel 4.
[Below is a clip from 'West 10 LDN']