"Fight Club"

Term Paper # 101334

"Fight Club"

An analysis of the filming techniques used to portray a culture of violence within the film "Fight Club," directed by David Fincher.

1,419 words () | 3 sources | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper analyzes the film techniques that express America's culture of violence in the 1999 film, "Fight Club," directed by David Fincher. It analyzes the film technique concepts of close framing, rapid editing and the free-ranging camera. The paper examines a series of scenes from the film and shows a sense of aggressive filming technique that portrays a culture of violence within the film.

From the Paper:

"In conclusion, the techniques of close framing, rapid editing, and ranging cameras, are the basis of David Bordwell's filming styles that define a modern "culture of violence" in American film. In this manner, the film Fight Club, directed by David Fincher, helps to convey these exact techniques, which help to bring forth an intensified continuity that includes rapid editing and other quick-fire filming techniques to imply the various facets of conflict and violence. Through the various scenes of Jack's intensifying insanity, one can realize the depth and scope of the portrayal of insanity through the use of the camera. In this manner, the shooting techniques of modern film create the intensified continuity for a culture of violence in the film Fight Club."

Sample of Sources Used:

Barron, Jess. "The Good Fight: Chuck Palahniuk Talks About Masculinity and Violence." 1999. Poprocks.com. 13 December, 2006. <http://www.poprocks.com/articles/chuck.html>
Bordwell, David. "Intensified Continuity: Visual Style in Contemporary American Film." Film Quarterly. (Spring, 2002): 1-8.
Fight Club. Dir. David Fincher. Perf. Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter. Fox Home entertainment, 1999.