Directors Who Have Inspired My Final Product

By Sheila Samaniego

Danny Boyle

Has directed the film ‘28 Days Later ’ and other films such as ‘Slum-dog millionaire.’

Focuses on British Film genre.

Post-apocalyptic horror film ‘28 Days Later’

Uses wide angle shots, normally canted for more of an effect. (Shown in ‘28 days later’)

Is an English film director, producer, screen writer and theater director.

His use of cinematography includes using hand held style camera work whenever the characters are in dangerous

situations or dilemma.

Francis Lawrence

He is an Austrian-born American film director, film producer, television producer, television director, and music video director.

Directed the American post-apocalyptic science fiction film “I Am Legend”

Bright and dark lighting used for contrast

Within the film he uses a wide range of camera angles throughout the film. He creates an impact by using vast amounts of different angles in the first minute of the pre-title scene that portray the

whole set of Manhattan; showing how the desolate the characters surrounding is.

David Fincher

He is an American film director, film producer, television director, television producer, and music video director.

He directed the psychological thrillers Seven (1995)

Low key lighting with either dark green or blue tinted colour’s.

Uses the theme of successful suicide to end most of his films.

Also directed “Fight Club” another psychological thriller

He describes” the camera has no personality” rather than filming from a persons point of view his camera shots are perfect and a sense of omniscience; so he

decides to make it seem as if the storyline was inevitable.