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| Andrea Arnold British Film Director_BD Films Info |
Andrea Arnold
British Film Director
1961-present
British Film Director
1961-present
Early Life
Arnold was born on 5 April, 1961, in Dartford, Kent,
England. She was the eldest of four children. She was born when her mother was
only 16 years old and her father was 17, and they separated when she was very
young. Her mother had to bring up all four children alone, which is reminiscent
of Arnold's own directorial debut short, Wasp (2003). As
a young girl, Arnold wrote horror stories.
Arnold left high school when she was 16, when she was drawn
to becoming an actress. When Arnold was 18 years old she began working as
a host and actress for a children's TV show called No. 73. She
worked in TV for the next 10 years.
Arnold realized that she could turn her stories into films, so
she studied at the American Film Institute of Los Angeles where she gained
experience in the film industry.
Career:-
ü Early
TV work:
After leaving school in the late 1970s, Arnold got her
first TV jobs as a dancer on shows that included Top of the Pops . She
first came to prominence as an actress and television presenter. Then she
became famous with her television show No.73 and The Kumars at No. 42 in 1980s.
After a couple of years of experience in front of the camera, Arnold realised,
"Television was great fun and I went along for the ride, but I never felt
that comfortable in front of the camera".
ü Directing:
After retiring from her career as a television presenter,
Arnold studied directing at the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles and
trained in screenwriting at the PAL Labs in Kent. Her early short
films included Milk (1998) and Dog (2001). She won
the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Wasp
in 2004.
üWorking with Film Festivals
Ø In
2012, she was a member of the Jury for the Main Competition at the 2012
Cannes Film Festival.
Ø A
member of the jury at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013.
Ø In 2014 Arnold was announced as the chair of
the jury for International Critics' Week at the 2014 Cannes Film
Festival.
Ø In 2016, Arnold was chosen to take part in a
public conversation about her career as part of the Tribeca Film
Festival's "Tribeca Talks" program.
Ø A
jury member of the 2017 Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Ø Chair
of the European Film Festival of Les Arcs in 2017.
Filmography
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| Filmography of Andrea Arnold_BD Films Info |
Film Awards
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| Film Awards of Andrea Arnold_BD Films Info |
Television Series
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| Television Series of Andrea Arnold_BD Films Info |
Television Series Awards
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| Television Series Awards of Andrea Arnold_BD Films Info |
Film Making Style:-
Ø Dogme
95 Style
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Shooting on location
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Sound
produced never apart from the image
o
Handheld Camera
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Colour film
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No optical work or filters
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No superficial action
Ø Popular
Music
o
specially hip-hop music.
Ø Shooting in 4:3 ratio
o 4:3 is “a
portrait frame. My films are generally from the point of view of one person.
Ø Social realism
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Giving the audience a true indication of what
life is like.
Ø Linear narrative style
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Stories in a logical manner by telling what
happens from one point in time to the next without using flashbacks or
flash-forwards and then returning to the present.
Ø Woman the main character
o Woman is the main character of her films. In every film, she showed that woman power is the main strength of the family.
Ø Professional and non –actors
o She has used some professional and non actors in her film. Especially the performance is very natural in her professional and non-actors' role.
Ø Low budgets
o Another best characteristic of her film is she has made her films with low budget.
"Draws visual parallels between her characters and the insects in the environment"
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| A shot from Wasp (2003) directed by Andrea Arnold_BD Films Info |
