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Director Research: Neil Burger

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 Neil Burger is an American film and television director, writer, and producer. He is best known for directing films such as divergent, the illusionist, The upside, and limitless (2011). Afterwards, he became an executive producer for the follow-ups of divergent (insurgent and allegiant) He was also the executive producer for the tv series limitless(2015-2016).  In the movie, Limitless Neil uses a very bright yellow colour and a dull blue colour to represent when Bradley cooper off and on the pill, Blue being off and yellow on it. Doing this helps guide the audience and makes it clear on what is happening during each scene. In Limitless Neil uses wide shots of Bradley when he is off the pill which gives it a feeling of him being watched and not in control, however, when Bradley takes the pill the shots are more close up showing the audience that he is very much in control. This technique is very useful in film in general as it is effective in guiding the audience and making th...

Director Research: Edgar Wright

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Edgar Wright is an English director, writer and producer. He is best known for his "Cornetto Trilogy" which includes "Shaun of the Dead", "Hot fuzz", "The World's End". Edgar Wright became known from his collaborations with actor and writer Simon Pegg. Edgar has a few very distinct directing styles which can be seen throughout his work, things such as speedy editing, this makes every scene fun and kinetic, Wright employs a lot of editing techniques to make the best of the runtime and play the scene with flashy transitions. The best example of this would be Shaun's morning routine from Shaun of the dead.   Another recurring thing in Edgar's work would be the carefully chosen soundtracks and the way he syncs the action to the music, a good example of that would be Baby Driver. in an interview with IMDb where he was answering fan questions, Edgar was asked, how he chooses the music for the soundtrack in his films. His answer was that it ...