Fight Club

The Film I chose to watch for this assignment was Fight Club, directed by David Fincher. This film had many stylistic techniques that we discussed in class. When purchasing this video I was looking in the thriller section but eventually found it in drama. I thought this film was both a drama and a thriller. The outstanding cinematography and creative directive eye of David Fincher made this one of the best films I’ve seen in awhile. What David Fincher did that really made this film stand apart from current generic films was his ability to replicate and portray this film as a classic film-noir. Many of his techniques such as dark shadows, concentrated lighting, medium close up shots, shot reverse shot and flashbacks are a few that were also
From the beginning, the setting contained dark shadows, dark streets, and dark rooms. For example the rooms where when Edward Norton visited at the rehab center were very dark and gloomy except for certain areas of focus that were lit, usually there were there were people doing something. The darkness was a direct demonstration of the mood that surrounded the atmosphere, a dark depressing, sad, and gloomy mood. The props and the makeup added to the entire depressing feel of the movie as well. Characters were all dressed in either black, white shirts, or dark brown clothing. The character played by Edward Norton always had dark eye bags, black bruises and scars all over his pale white complexion, and any blood that was ever exposed in the film was a darker shade of red, almost black. All these were great contributions to the mise-en-scene of the
The dissolving technique was used when the computers that were on display at a store were blown up and the camera focused on the flames, which began to dissolve into the next scene that focused on Brad Pitt talking about what “you are not.” This technique really added to the transitioning from one scene to the next, and not always just cutting straight into the next scene. Another technique that David Fincher used to keep the movie interesting was fading. A great example was after the car wreck the camera comes down from the sky using an overhead shot showing Tyler Durden pulling Edward Norton out of the car wreck and holding him in his arms, and then the scene fades out. The scene fades back into Edward Norton waking up at Tyler’s house with Tyler talking to him. This seemed like the best time in the movie to use a