He is famous for shooting without scripts, improvising the narrative as he shoots the films. ... The element of time is essential to its narrative and draws a sense of parallelism between the two stories. ... Wong Kar-wai's films are heavily relied on visual style rather than plot to carry their narratives through. ... In Chungking Express, high and low speed cinematography was used interchangeably to create slow and fast motion shots which carries the narrative through time and space. ... The frenetic editing technique used in the film defies the concepts of continuity editing and sp...

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The definition of the word in this context is "Presenting facts objectively without editorialising or inserting fictional matter, as in a book or film" (Dictionary.com) However no documentary is totally objective, decisions on where to place the camera, editing choices and use of devices such as narration, music and close ups all serve to create a narrative of sorts serving the purpose the director intends. ... The structure of Moore/Broomfield's films is often very much like a narrative fictional film, there is a 3 act structure in place in a lot of the films, we are introduced to the ...

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Film Studies FS4 Auteur research study Chosen Auteur: David Fincher Topic Area: David Fincher is seen as a postmodernist in cinema. He achieves his style through the cinematography and mise en scene in his films. I will show how he is rapidly gaining auteur status on his rise through Hol...

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