Auteur Theory

The Auteur theory is A directors film reflects their personal creative vision. Auteur is French for author. The theory was developed in 1954 by Francois Truffaut. Auteur theory draws on the wake of a group of cinema enthusiasts who work for Cashiers Du Cinema and argued that films should reflect a directors personal vision.

I looked at examples From Hype Williams and looked at a number of his videos and found that his personal creativity included;
- Shows the artist singing throughout the video.
- A lot of high angle shots of the artist.
-Close ups of instruments being played.
- A few videos had a wide screen shots with a white filler in the boarders.
- His videos we're either following the Artist in their normal life or very abstract situations.