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Orson Welles Auteur Analysis Orson Welles is a classic Film Noir filmmaker who appears in most of the movies he creates. His signature style is extremely noticeable throughout his films as he often deals with death, crime, and includes a strong female character. To add to the theme of crime and mystery, Welles often uses low-key, high contrast lighting to distort to hide the faces of many of his characters. Due to most of his films being shot in black and white because of the restrictions at the time, this causes filmmakers at the time to focus more on shadows and low-key/high-key lighting to create the atmosphere for the films.  In addition, Orson Welles often shows the downfall of a main character, sometimes the 'detective'. He does this by incorporating themes of isolation and corruption. Welles also includes the concept of the  'right and wrong' or 'moral and immoral' in his films to show contrasting sides to the plot. Take 'The Lady from Shan...

Presentation Review From the feedback I was given from my presentation on Guillermo Del Toro, I know that I should attempt to use more images to demonstrate some of my points, especially linking with Del Toro's use of colour. Also, next time i could try to create a video essay to further show my points in more detail. I think that having dialogue behind my images and evidence would further display my point with some of the topics i chose to discuss.  In addition, my partners said that i included a lot of detailed information to explain the different auteur features in detail and that I included examples from other sources such as the real life ghost story that the director experienced, persuading him to create Crimson Peak. From the research I did into Guillermo Del Toro, i found out there was more evidence to suggest he was an auteur than i originally thought. He uses primary, tertiary, and contrasting colours on the colour wheel to convey character emotions and be...