Chapter 6

Question 1

Autuerism/Auteur

Answer 1

French term that refers to a director or someone important who infuses their films with their distinctive personal vision through manipulation of film techniques.

Think QT and his obscenity, Tim Burton and hes gothic, etc.

Question 2

Metteurs en scene

Answer 2

Technically competent who only made movies without personality

Basically auteurs without the signature

Question 3

Mise en scene

Answer 3

Both what is filmed and how it is filmed

Double indemnity: Low lighting, oppressive music

Question 4

Three paradoxes of authorship

Answer 4

Collaboration: Get me my agency
Theoretical: Immortal monster
Cultural: Authors everywhere

Question 5

Auteurism as a method

Answer 5

The principal method by which this was achieved was the establishment of the
hierarchical distinction between those directors dubbed mere ‘metteurs-en-scène’and genuine auteurs

Question 6

Intentional Fallacy

Answer 6

The fallacy of basing an assessment of a work on the author’s intention rather than on one’s response to the actual work.
Basically disecting film on the authors thoughts instead of your own.