Just about everybody
is familiar with the fictional monster from the other planet, Alien including
people who have never watch the 1st original film directed by the famous master
of Sci-Fi, Sir Ridley Scott. Ridley
Scott, an English film director and producer that we all should read about him
and get to know his works.
Why is Sir Ridley
Scott my favourite director? Simply for this: there has never been any director
who has so awesomely impressive visual style and striking bold approach in
directing a movie, which has influenced abundance of directors. He has
successfully directed science-fiction and epic movies so interesting and
everlasting as Sir Ridley Scott’s creation of Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator,
Kingdom of Heaven, Robin Hood and Prometheus. Movie fans of
science-fiction and futuristic genre fall in love with his sci-fi classic
movies so much. In his sci-fi films, fans get to know the beneficial effect of
science and how application of science into future world. He portrays the
advancement of the futuristic science-fiction world is so fantastic.
It is clear that science-fiction movies today own
many of the ideas and styles of the style to Sir Ridley Scott. We should opt
for key learning from the director that we are interested in his film and try
to understand of his perspective of thinking as much as possible. From what I read and what I discover from his
films, Scott like to impress people with his striking visual style,
incorporating a detailed approach to production design and innovative,
atmospheric lightning. Besides that, he not only to storyboard his film
intensively, but also makes use of sound and music to build the tension of the
plot. Take as an example; most of the scenes from the Prometheus are awesomely
impressive that you can observe the style of the director. His style and approach of filming could be
influenced by German Expressionism in which using the elements of mise-en-scene
(set design, lightning, preps, costuming) to suggest traits of character or
enhance meaning.
Taking research
regard to favourite film director’s life, experience and works help us get to
learn more, enrich the mind, and appreciate the valuable arts of filming =)
“There’s
no excuse. You have a digital camera, go out and shoot your film. If you wanna
do what I do, get the camera, get some buddies, you put it together that
way. Just do
it. ”
