Auteur Theory- Stanley Kubrick
He is often considered the only true auteur due to the fact that he had final say on all of his films.
Filmmaking Techniques
One point perspective-all the visual shots converge on a single point usually dead ahead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flq0t4jrqJQ
A setting where this is commonly used is on corridors
The Glare-close up head tilted down with the actors eyes looking up at the camera
This technique is often used to emphasize the theme of dehumanization in his movies showing the characters in a sinister and scary way. The technique is often used in low key under lit scenes to show the crazed look in the actors eyes.
Music- Kubrick uses music in very different ways throughout his movies such as in 2001:A Space Odyssey where the music dominates the movie and it could be argued that it is the music that tell the story rather then the dialogue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyjOjT8d8RI (star waltz)
A Clockwork Orange also effectively uses classical music, the film focuses on Alex Delarge, portrayed by Malcolm McDowell, is a deviant who gets conditioned to become a functioning member of society. The government brainwashes Alex with the "Ludovico treatment" which conditions him to associate horrific crimes with his favourite symphony Beethoven's Ninth until the final scene where he discovers he is no longer under the treatment's effect. "A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later" - Stanley Kubrick. This quote gives you an incite of how integral music is when it comes to filmmaking for Kubrick. The quote is specifically true when it comes to 2001 as its meaning is left ambiguous and very much up to interpretation
Themes
Entrapment- The characters almost always succumb to their inner demons or assailants. The corridor shot is a prime indicator of being completely overwhelmed or dwarfed by it. Such as in the Shining where Jack is stuck in the hotel and slowly succumbs to madness. The Shining also incorporates a lot of corridor shots to emphasis the theme even more. In Full Metal Jacket Private Pyle is trapped in military boot camp and by the end of his story goes mad and kills himself.
Man Vs Technology-the ultimate battle is to prove our humanity is superior to machinery. Like with the conflict between HAL 9000 and the scientists in 2001. The Ludivico technique in clockwork is again an effort to dehumanize Alex by obliterating his primal rage through a highly scientific and experimental technique. Full Metal Jacket was Kubrick's take on the military turning men into killing machines. The sergeant finds Gomer in the bathroom and screams "What is your malfunction!" as if he were not a human with severe emotional trauma, but a robot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXhKpUfITV0 Pyle before
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc2cPuwpqTg Pyle after
Dehumanization- Kubrick was fascinated with the dark side of human nature and not because he thought all humans were basically evil. Some prime examples of his trend are The Shining, and Full Metal Jacket. This theme is also linked to Man vs Technology due to Pvt Pyle being as a normal human civilian and is slowly dehumanized into a emotionless killing machine. Kubrick also uses the Glare in scenes where characters have been dehumanized to clearly show there lack of humanity due to how unnatural the face looks on a person.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCG2nuM3RFwd
Filmmaking Techniques
One point perspective-all the visual shots converge on a single point usually dead ahead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flq0t4jrqJQ
A setting where this is commonly used is on corridors
The Glare-close up head tilted down with the actors eyes looking up at the camera
This technique is often used to emphasize the theme of dehumanization in his movies showing the characters in a sinister and scary way. The technique is often used in low key under lit scenes to show the crazed look in the actors eyes.
Music- Kubrick uses music in very different ways throughout his movies such as in 2001:A Space Odyssey where the music dominates the movie and it could be argued that it is the music that tell the story rather then the dialogue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyjOjT8d8RI (star waltz)
A Clockwork Orange also effectively uses classical music, the film focuses on Alex Delarge, portrayed by Malcolm McDowell, is a deviant who gets conditioned to become a functioning member of society. The government brainwashes Alex with the "Ludovico treatment" which conditions him to associate horrific crimes with his favourite symphony Beethoven's Ninth until the final scene where he discovers he is no longer under the treatment's effect. "A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later" - Stanley Kubrick. This quote gives you an incite of how integral music is when it comes to filmmaking for Kubrick. The quote is specifically true when it comes to 2001 as its meaning is left ambiguous and very much up to interpretation
Themes
Entrapment- The characters almost always succumb to their inner demons or assailants. The corridor shot is a prime indicator of being completely overwhelmed or dwarfed by it. Such as in the Shining where Jack is stuck in the hotel and slowly succumbs to madness. The Shining also incorporates a lot of corridor shots to emphasis the theme even more. In Full Metal Jacket Private Pyle is trapped in military boot camp and by the end of his story goes mad and kills himself.
Man Vs Technology-the ultimate battle is to prove our humanity is superior to machinery. Like with the conflict between HAL 9000 and the scientists in 2001. The Ludivico technique in clockwork is again an effort to dehumanize Alex by obliterating his primal rage through a highly scientific and experimental technique. Full Metal Jacket was Kubrick's take on the military turning men into killing machines. The sergeant finds Gomer in the bathroom and screams "What is your malfunction!" as if he were not a human with severe emotional trauma, but a robot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXhKpUfITV0 Pyle before
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc2cPuwpqTg Pyle after
Dehumanization- Kubrick was fascinated with the dark side of human nature and not because he thought all humans were basically evil. Some prime examples of his trend are The Shining, and Full Metal Jacket. This theme is also linked to Man vs Technology due to Pvt Pyle being as a normal human civilian and is slowly dehumanized into a emotionless killing machine. Kubrick also uses the Glare in scenes where characters have been dehumanized to clearly show there lack of humanity due to how unnatural the face looks on a person.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCG2nuM3RFwd
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