#10 – 13/4/2016

Today in class, we watched some snippets of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1964 classic, Red Desert. Whilst it didn’t take up a huge portion of the class, it was still incredibly inspiring and quite wonderful to look at. I really enjoyed how Antonioni uses space and location to evidently show how masterful he is at utilising decoupage to really illuminate his films. This exploration of space is what makes the form of his work so crucial, it’s what makes the film what it is. He is a master at directing his characters through a scene so concisely.

This is something that a director can only dream about. Obtaining a certain visual style of work that is unique to your film making is something that I find to be quite interesting and rare at times. I feel like most directors definitely have their own style that is individual to them, but not many directors are really innovative in their fields, like Antonioni was. I see inspiration from other directors in films, whilst the first pioneers of feature length films really pushed the boundaries in terms of decoupage. It’s these directors that really influence the modern day directors.