The manifesto in Martin Scorsese's auteur films

Issue 55, 2024

Olha Boiko, Khrystyna Batalina, Kateryna Stepanenko, Volodymyr Danyliuk, Vitalii Zaporozhchenko

Received 25.11.2023, Revised 24.01.2024, Accepted 14.02.2024

https://doi.org/10.54919/physics/55.2024.144xt9

Abstract

Relevance. In the period from 1917 to the early 1960s, there was a paradigm of “classic Hollywood”, in which films were produced according to the dominant aesthetic, genre and narrative formulas, the characters represented themselves as specific typical images with understandable motivations for the general public. Martin Scorsese is a representative of cinematography, who changed classical views of film art. That is why the study of Martin Scorsese's work remains relevant for researchers in the field of cinematography and culture to the present day.

Purpose. The purpose of this work is to study the creativity of director, screenwriter and actor Martin Scorsese, as well as to identify the author's style in the artist's work, determine his author's handwriting and manner.

Methodology. The methodology of this research is based on theoretical methods of scientific knowledge, in particular, the method of information analysis and synthesis, the cultural method, as well as historical and comparative methods were used.

Results. The study was conducted theoretical analysis of scientific literature. The work considered the life and creative path of the director. In particular, the still image technique used by Scorsese was analysed, as well as his own director's handwriting. Scorsese's activities during public speeches and discussions related to the preservation of the National Film Foundation and the development of a new cinema are considered. Such films of the director as “Taxi Driver”, “Raging Bull”, “Nice Guys”, “Cape Fear”, “Age of Innocence”, “Casino”, “Gangs of New York”, “Aviator”, “The Departed”, “Island of the Damned”, “Silence” were analysed.

Conclusions. The results of the research can be used by students of directing specialties and teachers of special disciplines to study the creativity of the director, screenwriter and actor Martin Scorsese during theoretical practical classes.

Keywords: cinematography; author's cinema; author's style; directing tools; drama

Suggested citation

Boiko O, Batalina K, Stepanenko S, Danyliuk V, Zaporozhchenko V. The manifesto in Martin Scorsese's auteur films. Sci Herald Uzhhorod Univ Ser Phys. 2024;(55):1449-1456. DOI: 10.54919/physics/55.2024.144xt9

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