Devon's Film Studies

Director: Steven Spielberg Observed by: Tate    What did my peer learn about my director: my peer learned that Steven Spielberg directed many differing films such as war horse, saving private Ryan and Ready Player One. He also learned that Spielberg used a lot of themes such as daddy issues/ broken nuclear family, the use of lights to create mystery and that her used Composer John Williams to compose the film scores. My peer also learned that Spielberg didn’t get along well with his father and there are shots such as the Spielberg face and POV shots used. Spielberg likes to put the audience in the characters shoes is another trait that my peer had learned from the presentation.    What did my peer learn about the Auteur Theory: My peer had learned that directors are the authors of films and that Francois Truffaut was a leading director in the Auteur Theory.    My peer had mentioned that the presentation was very informative as I had spoken about a lot of different themes and signi