David Cronenberg Masterclass

Personally, I do enjoy watching horror movies. I was hoping to get a glimpse of how Cronenberg came up with his ideas for his visuals, and what he is thinking of when he wants to put fear into the hearts of people. Nevertheless, the article was a good one. I thought interesting to see that Cronenberg was a writer before he became a director. He also emphasized that a complete filmaker would have to know how to write and be able to shoot. I may argue with this, in the sense that I think writing the script only makes the movie perosnal to you. If you can find a script that you didn't write, that is just as personal, I think a director can make it into a great movie. I also got the hint that Cronenberg made his movies for the audience since he was talking about how the movie must make sense for the audience in order for his message to get across. If the movie only pertains to the director, people may very well be confused. I also thought it was very interesting how he talked about the movie set being a three dimensional space. Cronenberg stressed that the camera acts like another person on the set, and should be considered as to how it will move within the set. I think that was a good advice for us as to where to set up our camera and how to move it.