Example of the Auteur Theory

Tim Burton a well established film director is an an example of an Auteur. This is because  he distinctly creates outstanding movies in which are very unique with similar styles, effects and recurring themes.

I have decided to look at some of the creations of Michel Gondry, Director of a wide range of music videos for groups and artists. Such as ‘The White Stripes’, ‘The Foo Fighters’ and ‘Kylie Minogue’.

 After looking at his music videos it showed me that he was an auteur. This is due to the style seemed so constant throughout the videos that he had directed. The videos show that he made the decisions for the video, the filming, framing and its main direction on a whole.

For every one of his videos it seemed that there were strong recurring themes which all had similarities in some form. For example they all had camera angles, featured effects, similar cuts and movements despite the videos being in very different genres. For example when I went from watching Kylie Minogue which fits into the pop genre to the Foo Fighters which are more towards the rock/punk genre.

Overall it seems to me that his videos have a certain uniqueness to them, which gives them a sense of individuality and slightly non-real/ out of this world. Using colours or settings to differentiate them.