Directors And Their Style of Filming

Martin Scorcese

• He is the director of very successful films such as: 'The Wolf of Wall Street', 'Shutter Island', 'The Goodfellas' and The Departed.
• He is acknowledged to be one of the best film makers of his generation.
• Leonardo DiCaprio features in a number of his films: 'The Wolf of Wall Street', 'Shutter Island', 'The Departed', 'Gangs of New York' and 'The Aviator'.
• Scorsese's trademarks: 
• Frequent use of slow-motion. (Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Godfella, The Wolf of Wall Street)
• He often has a short cameo in his films. (Mean Streets, Who's That Knocking at My Door, After Hours)
• More recently his films feature corrupt authority figures. (The Aviator, Gangs of New York, The Departed)
• Guilt is a frequent theme in his films. (Shutter Island, Godfellas, Brining Out The Dead, Mean Streets)
• He often uses long tracking shots. ( Taxi Driver, Casino, The Gangs of New York)

Quentin Tarantino

• Quentin was born in Knoxville, Tennesse.
• He is well known for films such as: 'Django', 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Kill Bill'.
• Quentin has some trademark elements that he includes in a number of his films, like:

• The Trunk/Hood POV shot - this shot shows people outside the trunk being watched from the inside. ( 'Reservoir Dogs', 'Pulp Fiction', 'From Dusk Til Dawn') 

• The God POV shot - he uses this shot to convey that something/someone bigger than the character is watching over them. ( 'Jackie Brown', 'Kill Bill' Volume 1 and Volume 2) 

• The use of black and white filters -Tarantino had a love for the way that films looked in the early days cinema. ('Kill Bill' Volume 1 and Volume 2, 'Natural Born Killers' and 'Death Proof') 

• The shots of characters looking in the mirror and speaking to themselves. It reflects the intimacy of being alone. ( 'Reservoir Dogs', 'Pulp Fiction', 'Jackie Brown', 'Kill Bill' Volume 2 and 'Death Proof') 

•  The Mexican stand-off. It originated from Tarantino's favourite film: 'The Good The Bad And The Ugly'. ('True Romance', 'Inglorious Basterds', 'Pulp Fiction', 'Reservoir Dogs')