DAVID FINCHERDirector

AboutDavid Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver. He is not just well known for his great film directing but also directing commercials such as Coca Cola, Nike…. Fincher has even directed music videos for artists; Madonna, Rolling Stones, and Michael Jackson.

As a film director, he has achieved huge success with Se7en (1995), Fight Club (1999) and, Panic Room (2002). Brad Pit is great friends with Fincher and is in most of his films.

Camera and lightingFincher uses a range of shots in his film such as wide shots, low angles , point of view shots, these shots are used to show us the surrounding area or in Seven, the crime scene. Another camera angle that he uses often is the stationary shot, unfocused background with character walking into focus.All of his film consist of dark lighting as this represents the genre and the emotions within the film. His films often have low-key lighting with green or blue tinted color temperature.

Techniques?Fincher often displays end credits as slide shows (Fight Club, Zodiac, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) or scrolling downward (Se7en) rather than the traditional upward scroll. This then gave us an idea for our credits in our film.

Technique and conventionsFrequently starts his movies with creative title sequences that express the theme of the movie and are often about trying to find a serial killer. He film are all typical thriller and have all the basic codes and conventions. His films are often very dark and always has characters in the shadows where you can only see the silhouettes to show mystery within the film to keep the audience on edge, you often do not know who the antagonist is until the very end. Most of his film often end in a suicide. Some of his film are even based on true stories.