From Script To Screen: 3 Directors With the Best Film Style

By Jack Fenner

Over time directors start to develop a style that they carry throughout all of their films. All these differing styles keep the viewer intrigued and in awe. Each director usually likes to do something so unique and individual to themselves that a viewer knows who directed it before even seeing the opening credits so here are a few that do exactly that.

1. Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson's style is all focused around the camera. The environments he creates with his style are probably some of the easiest to point out on the big screen. In his films, Anderson creates massive worlds that seem so out of the ordinary that they capture audiences almost immediately. Some of the most important aspects of these worlds are the color and symmetry of them. He always makes sure to put his characters in the center of the screen and he keeps the colors surrounding them consistent so that every shot seems like a painting. With this unconventional take on cinematography, Wes Anderson is able to immerse the viewer with ease in the vast worlds that he creates.

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2. Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino’s strongest stylistic choice is undoubtedly the way he weaves the dialogue his characters have into the intensity of the moment they are in.  The scripts that Tarantino makes for these scenes are masterfully crafted to fit them. With each line the suspense continues to build little by little. These dialogues are also typically held one-on-one, even when there are people right next to the two characters having the conversation, Tarantino’s choice of words makes it seem as if they are the only ones in the room. While the specific choice of dialogue adds a terrifying amount of suspense, it also makes the antagonist unpredictable which makes them all the more scary. Much of the success of Tarantino’s films comes from his ability to keep the viewer on the edge of their seat and much of this is due to his dialogue choices.

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3. Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick's greatest film style is very similar to Wes Anderson’s. He is heavily concerned with displaying the vastness of his sets, however, different from Anderson, he takes on a more dark tone in his movies. While the bright environments found in Anderson’s movies reflected the positive tone his movies took, Kubrick’s environments do the same thing but in the opposite direction. Much of Kubrick’s movies revolve around a morally corrupt main character and the settings reflect them too. For example in “The Shining” the Overlook Hotel is a terrifying looking place that adds a chilling feeling that is exemplified in the main character and antagonist Jack Torrance. These mirrors between main characters and their environments can be found throughout Kubrick’s filmography. 

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