Christopher Nolan. The cinematic genius behind Interstellar, The Dark Knight, and Inception. Nolan’s phenomenal ideas behind his movies never cease to amaze his audience. His perplexing and divergent approach to movies elicits curiosity and admiration from critics as well.
His filmmaking process comes in layers which is what makes his films successful in the first place. The basis of his process incorporates the basics of technical filmmaking. Nolan places a large emphasis on the nature of cinematography. He thoroughly understands how the camera with capture an image, from lighting to angle to focus, each little aspect of the frame plays an imperative role in the process. Another way he is able to perfect his process is to bring the best put in visual effects, and make use of as many realistic and physical props as he can.
Nolan can be personified as a collaborative filmmaker. For his film, Interstellar, he collaborated with the legendary theoretical physicist Kip Thorne. He wants makes sure all the collaborators have a strong sense of his vision and filmmaking process (and vice versa) so their ideas can have a medium of bouncing off one another. He wanted to make to be very familiar with the theories of space in order to better portray the film; this assisted in him being able to direct a film in which the audience understands the concepts, but are also working their way to a clearer understanding with each scene at the same time.What is amazing about Nolan is that he is a walking paradox. He is also known as the epitome of auteur direction. The auteur theory is defined as “the director, who oversees all audio and visual elements of the motion picture, is more to be considered the “author” of the movie that is the writer of the screenplay. In other words, such fundamental visual elements as camera placement, blocking, lighting, and scene length, rather than plot line, convey the message of the film”.[1] Nolan dives into his work and his process by trying to figure out the heart of the story, what concepts he wants to portray and HOW you want to portray the story. The basis of the film is the plot which in turn makes the film prosper.
His motivation relies on making the film an immersive experience. A part of him is extrinsically motivated to elicit the problem solving, intense attention and curiosity out of his audience. He craves for the audience to see the level of intellectual complexity that is put into the film. There are many symbols that the audience can subjectively interpret; this brings various meanings on to the movies.
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I am a huge fan of Christopher Nolan's work, so it has been great to read about his creative process. I didn't know the level of involvement that his work required. It was an interesting perspective to think about Nolan as being an "author" of a movie. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteChristopher Nolan's movies have always craving for another one. His visual and sound effects is extremely amazing. It gives me the experience that I am not a bystander, but rather an active participant of the movie. Making movie as amazing and accurate as Interstellar, collaboration is one of the key to make him success. Even though, as you said, he can be considered the "writer" of the movie, he was only able to deliver to us such experience with the help of his team. Passionate for his work, intrinsically motivated, Christopher Nolan always knows how to bring the best experience to the audiences.
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