The first director to be on the spotlight is visionary filmmaker and personally one of my favourite directors, Mr. Darren Aronofsky who is known for making thematic psychological films. Some people view his work to be rather unconventional and odd to a certain degree. This is greatly due to the subject matters of his films which are usually dark and mature with a lot of depth put into them. With his new film “Mother!” coming out in a few days, I think that he is the perfect candidate to start this new series with.
Darren Aronofsky made his directorial debut in 1998 with the movie “Pi”, which was written and directed by the man himself. Made with a budget of only $68,000, the film grossed over 3 million dollars and won several awards including a Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival. Aronofsky followed that up with “Requiem For A Dream” in 2000 while perfecting his signature style and had a much larger budget of $4.5 million. The film starred Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly and Marlon Wayans and instantly became a tremendous success putting Darren Aronofsky on the map as an outstanding filmmaker. After that, he made “The Fountain” in 2006 which wasn’t well received by critics at first but personally, I think it’s his best movie. Then, he followed that up with “The Wrestler” in 2008 which starred Mickey Rourke, and in 2010, Aronofsky made the critically acclaimed “Black Swan” starring Natalie Portman. Next, he made “Noah” in 2014 which was pretty divisive among fans. And later this week, his latest venture “Mother!” starring Jennifer Lawrence comes out and I can’t wait to go see that.
Almost every filmmaker has a style of their own that distinguishes them from the rest. Zack Snyder is known for having a great visual sense, Michael Bay’s “Bayhem” pretty much speaks for itself and JJ Abrams’ addiction to lens flares is something that we’re never gonna be able to get over with. Jokes aside, every director has a distinct style of filmmaking that the audience can instantly recognise when shown on screen.
As for Darren Aronofsky, he loves using extreme close-ups and a style of editing known as hip-hop montages, which essentially is just a fancy term for very short shots. While this editing style is completely ditched in “Black Swan” in favour of capturing the performances of the actors, it is predominantly seen in both “Pi” and “Requiem For A Dream”. These montages create a sense of urgency that can be a little off putting at first, but one that the audience will easily get used to and embrace as part of the style. Although being completely stylistic, Mr. Aronofsky doesn’t overuse it to the point where these shots almost feel meaningless but rather he carefully inserts them into places that fit into the narrative of the story and create a unique way of showing something that you’ve probably seen a million times before.
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Submitted September 11, 2017 at 03:20AM by leradmvsic http://ift.tt/2eYegeq
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