top of page

Stylistics

In terms of stylistics, as mentioned in Content I watched David Fincher's Seven (1995)  and I personally liked the method in which Fincher shot it. After seeing this I did research on his trademark style which led me to a website (CineLinx 2014) that shed light on the style. A major element which inhibits his style is the use of dark lighting, overlays and a very minuscule colour palette. I want to incorporate this into this piece as the use of dark lighting could possibly connote a serious and gritty tone, which I am aiming for. In addition I want to use more stable camera shots and tracking shots as they would help establish the scene more easily, however I have contemplated using more handheld shots, but I felt they would portray more negative emotions and personally I could see the piece being more cinematic through the use of stable shots. 

Also mentioned in the article is Fincher's use of

single frame insertions in majority of his films

(especially in Fight Club (1999).

This use of single frame insertions is to add

small easter egg such as the use of adding

Brad Pitt's character to scenes not involving

him as it could be interpreted to being a hint at

the fact that his character doesn't actually exist

and is just a split personality of the narrator himself. 

References

YouTube. (2017) Fight Club - Brad Pitt (Tyler Durden HIDDEN Flashing On Screen) HD [online] available from <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7N5qnqPKoM> [18 January 2017]

YouTube. (2017) SE7EN Scene - "The Box" [online] available from <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1giVzxyoclE> [18 January 2017]

CineLinx (2014) Director's Trademarks: David Fincher. [online] Available from: http://www.cinelinx.com/movie-stuff/item/6492-directors-trademarks-david-fincher.html [accessed on 18 Jan]  

YouTube. (2017) Top 10 Movie Dream Sequences [online] available from <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZA-G5M0hPM> [19 January 2017]

YouTube. (2017) 8 Brilliant And Unforgettable Film Hallucinations [online] available from <https://killedthejoke.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/8-brilliant-and-unforgettable-film-hallucinations/> [18 January 2017]

Mahmood, S. (2017) Task Six – Affect, Colour And The Devotional Object. [online] available from <https://vimeo.com/112630891> [19 January 2017]

In addition there is a single frame added to the movie Seven. This single frame insertion plays a larger role than the previous as it actually has a more meaningful reason. That is to add more emotion to the scene. At 3:57 you can see a single image of Detective Mills wife smiling. This was added to increase the sorrow of the scene since he has just been told that she and their unborn child were murdered by the killer  in front of Mills. I'm considering adding this as it could possibly add emotion, but only if the image shown plays a larger significance than simply being an added easter egg. 

One of my more difficult scenes in terms of style is the dream sequence of the protagonist dying. I thought about this quite a bit as I wanted to make this more artistic and experimental. I looked at many different examples of dream sequences and hallucinations, but couldn't exactly find one I found to fit. I was reminded of a previous work of mine (video below, 2:08) in which I overlayed a person photographing a bowl of fruit many times from different angles to show the passing of time. Currently I am thinking about using this technique as it could possibly shown confusion and hysteria, as would be expected of a person in such a situation. If done right I think it could be very impactful as it is a simple technique which just uses the same type of shot with different movements simply overlayed, but I think it could help portray what I want it to perfectly.    

bottom of page