Journal+Entry+1+-+David+Fincher

The director I studied was David Fincher. To be honest, a lot of his stylistic devices cannot apply to my film mainly because of the difference in theme and filming style. Fincher adopts a more cinematic style whereas the style I plan to use is based more off TV shows like //The Office// and //Parks and Recreation//. That aside, there are a few things I have learned from Fincher that I can apply to my film. I plan to color correct my film in a manner that expresses the tone and theme of the film. The color correction will change at times in respect to the current tone. This is a stylistic editing device that Fincher uses not only to make his films look “pretty”, but also to express the current tone of the scene. This is also why I spent a good hour trying to get Cinestyle onto the two cameras. Another one of David Fincher’s stylistic devices I plan to use is lighting. Fincher lights his actors in different ways to achieve different kinds of effects. If someone were to have a dual identity, Fincher will most likely light up half his face in a lot of shots. Though this style isn’t specific to Fincher, he still uses it a lot. Regarding my film, Hugs will be lit rather brightly at the beginning (when all is well) and then up to the point where he wants to break Herbert’s lemonade stand, the lighting on Hugs will definitely be darker which is why we plan to film at different times of the day for different scenes. Fincher also uses digetic sound to create suspense. I plan to use this through a fruit blender as Hugs runs up to Herbert’s stand with a baseball bat.