Arteur theory is the idea of filmmaking that holds that a film reflects the directors personal creative vision.Auteur theory was first established in the late 1940s after the Andre Bazin and Alexandre Astruc was outgrown. The Auteur theory focuses on:
1- Indivudual stylistic features
2- How texts are determined by artists creativity
3- How texts emerge as part of an artists body of work
Some of the most well know for using of developing the Autuer theory are Alfred Hitchcock, Brian De Palma and FrancoisTruffaut. All three had an influence on thetheory.
Alfred Hitchcock was often acknowledged for his skill, some elements of Hitchcock's style consists of:
- The cool platinum blonde
- An innocent man accused
- Restricting the action to a single setting to increase tension
- Climax plot twist
- The presence of a domineering mother in her childs life
- Characters who switch sides and/or cannot be trusted.
Francois Trufaut contributed to the origins of the theory and stated that directors should use the mise-en-scene to leave a mark on their work. He still remains an icon of the French film industry because of his long career and amount of films he worked on, acounting to 25 films. Trafaut wrote an article called 'une certaine Tendance du Cinema Francais', translated to 'A certain trend of French cinema'. This article was very controversial, because of the way traffaut talked about the state of French films and certain screenwriters and producers, not always talking about them positively.This was when the Auteur theory was born which simply said that the director was the 'author' of his work.