1. Van Gogh-Self-Portrait With a Bandaged Ear, 1889
First work van Gogh
painted after his
incident with his
ear.
He believed that
painting would help
him recover his
mental equilibrium.
Van Gogh stands
in front of an easel
with a bare
painting, and a
Japanese print
which he owned.
He seems to turn
his back on both.
This could be interpreted
as his reflections on the
end of his dreams of an
artist.
Van Gogh tells the
story of is life
through this
painting by
indicating his
negativity towards
his paintings.
His facial
expressions show
how empty he is
inside giving us an
understanding of
how he is feeling.
The heavy coat and
winter hat indicates
how fragile Van Gogh
has become and how
is illness has affected
him.

2. Success in British
Cinema, silent films
and early talkies.
Techniques
involved suspense
and psychological
thriller genres. He
had a distinctive
and recognisable
directing style.
His shots were framed to
maximise anxiety, fear or
empathy. His films
featured fugitives on the
run or law, and ‘icy
blonde’ females
characters.
Many of Hitchcock’s
films ended with twists
and thrilling plots that
included depiction,
violence, murder and
crime.
Hitchcock also used
mistaken identity in his
films. In North by
Northwest the main
character is mistaken
for a CIA agent. Also in
The 39 steps the main
character is accused of
murder which he didn’t
commit.
‘MacGuffin’ (plot device
that hangs onto tension)
was a technique used by
Hitchcock in The 39 steps.
In this film the MacGuffin
was that Mr. Memory
memorised the plans for an
airplane engine.
Hitchcock made a
cameo
appearance in 39
of his 52 films.

3. Martin Scorsese’s
themes feature Italian
American’s identity,
Roman Catholic
concepts such as guilt
and redemption. Also
machismo, modern
crime and violence.
Scorsese’s films use
scenes from the middle
of end of the story at
the beginning of the
films. (Raging Bull,
Goodfella’s, Casino,
The Last Waltz.).
Scorsese frequently
uses slow motion.
(Raging Bull, Who’s
That knocking at My
Door, Mean Streets
and Goodfella’s. Also
uses freeze frame in
the opening credits of
The King of Comedy.
His leading blonde
characters are usually
seen through the eyes
of the protagonist as
angelic. Wear white in
the first scene are
photographed in slow
motion. (Sharon
Stone’s white mini
dress in Casino and
Cathy Moriarty’s white
bikini in Raging Bull)
He often casts the same
character in his films,
especially Robert De Niro
who collaborated in eight
of his films (Raging Bull,
Goodfella’s, Taxi Driver.
In his recent films he has
featured corrupt authority
figures. Policemen in The
Departed, politicians in
Gangs of New York.
Long tracking shots
have frequently been
used by Scorsese in
films such as
Goodfella’s, Taxi
Driver, Hugo and
Casino.

4. Yash Chopra
was known as
the ‘King of
Romance’ of
Indian cinema.
His film Chandni was his
film with all the
hallmarks has become
know as the ‘Yash
Chopra style’. The film
was heroine orientated,
romantic, emotional. The
film depicted the lifestyle
of the elite with melodic
music used in songs that
featured foreign
locations.