The theme that I have chosen to analyze _____ from the year 2000 DVD of the film Fight Club directed by David Fincher who also directed Alien3, Se7en etc. The two main characters are: Jack also known as the Narrator is played by Edward Norton and the second main character Tyler Durden is played by Brad Pitt. I will confine my analysis to camera angles, lighting and mise en scene and how the director uses these to distinguish between Jack’s mind state i.e. whether we are seeing the world through Jack or Tyler’s eyes. So I’m not going to analyze the inherent references to masculinity, sexuality and references to pornography that exist throughout the film.
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Fight Club Screenshot _____ DVD
Setting the plot i.e. the exposition Jack works for an automobile company a job he obviously hates, Jacks’ only aim is to be the owner of everything in an IKEA catalogue. He is unable to sleep and he spends his waking life travelling on behalf of his company across the US by plane to investigate crashes/deaths caused by defects in the automobiles manufactured by his employer.
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Lighting
He uses a low-key lighting scheme in films. As well as the low key lighting he also has a green or blue colour temperature, this means there is either blue or green tint through out the entire film. He uses this colour temperature and lighting to explain how he views the world. He sees the world as a very dark and gloomy place describing Fight Club with dark themes. He uses