Auteur film studies review:
The power point presentation which I did about auteur allowed me to discuss the idea of the auteur theory and the different directors use the idea of the theory in their work. In my PowerPoint I focused my work on tarantion.
The whole idea of the power point and showing others my work was a great idea as it allows me to work in groups and receive feedback to help make my work better. This gave me a deeper understanding about my own work and how I can improve it, but also gave me an instate to another people’s work and how they presented their director they were given.
Firstly, in my feedback for improvements to my work, I was told to place YouTube clips in my actual power point to show the video on the slide instead of going off the power point and going online. This wasted time and made my work look messy. To improve my work, I could ask someone for help who can show me how to place the videos onto the PowerPoint slides. This would make my work look nicer in general and would make my life easier instead of going off the slide to go back on it. Another thing I can improve is placing quotations from interviews which my director has been in. This would make my work look seem more reliable as I have quotations from the actual director backing up my opinion which I have stated. Another improvement I was informed about was to study more than 2 films. To improve my work, I could have used other films to back my idea up about the auteur theory and back up my opinion regarding tarantions work. Finally, I could have placed more photos in my work. This would have helped me explain certain scenes which I would have liked to talk about. To improve this, I could add more pictures which would help me explain the scenes as I had to just use videos and use my knowledge. Whereas if I did more research of the scene and place photos in there, I would have explained my point a lot better and clearer.
In general, I think my work on this topic went really well. I enjoyed showing people my ideas regarding the auteur theory and how I think tarantion is an auteur. I also enjoyed learning about other people’s auteurs and how they decided to present the work compared to my work. In my opinion I would like to do this again as I personally think I get a better and deeper understanding of the certain topic, which will help me revise when it comes towards the exam.
