TRENT REZNOR

Composer/Producer/Songwriter/Musician

February 27, 2011

Michael Trent Reznor: 

• Reznor was born on May 17, 1965 in Mercer Pennsylvania.
• His parents were Nancy Lou (nee Clark) and Michael Reznor. 
• He married Mariqueen Maandig on the 17 of October, 2009, and together have two children.
• Trent Reznor began playing the piano at the age of five and showed an early aptitude for music.

Career:The majority of Trent Reznor's career as a musician has been as both the funding and primary member of Nine Inch Nails. Latter on in his career he began composing music for video games, films and television. He worked with  Atticus Ross to compose the score for David Fincher's The Social Network, and in 2011 worked with Fincer again to provide the score for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

Awards Won:

• 2011 Academy Award Oscar for "Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score" for The Social Network (2010)
• 2011 Golden Globe for "Best Original Score- Motion Picture" for The Social Network (2010)
• 2013 Grammy Award for "Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media" for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Known For:

• The Social Network (2010)
• Lost Highway (1997)
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
• Se7en (1995)

Trademark: His Dark and edgy music that often creates an industrial sound. 

Filmography:

The Hangover Part III (writer: "Hurt")                                                      2013

 2012The Cabin in the Woods (writer: "Last") 

 2011The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (producer: "Immigrant Song") / ("Immigrant Song") 

 2011Colombiana (writer: "Hurt") 

 2011/ILimitless (writer: "The Believers") 

 2010The Social Network (performer: "In the Hall of the Mountain King Op. 23") / (producer: "In the Hall of the Mountain King Op. 23") / (arranger: "In the Hall of the Mountain King Op. 23") 

 2008Wanted (writer: "Every Day is Exactly the Same") 

 2007The Hitcher (writer: "Closer") 

 2002Resident Evil (writer: "Fist Fuck") 

 2001Lara Croft: Tomb Raider ("Deep") 

 2000Final Destination (writer: "Into the Void") 

 1995Se7en (writer: "Closer") 

 1994Natural Born Killers (writer: "Something I Can Never Have", "A Warm Place") 

 1987Light of Day (arranger: "True Love Ways") 

Natural Born Killers "Burn" Nine Inch Nails

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - In the Hall of the Mountain King

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

1. Overall Look: Julian Schnabel’s 2007 film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly utilizes the qualities of the film stock, lighting, lenses, framing, angles, camera movement, and use of long takes to achieve an overall look. The film stock used in the movie shifts to a jittery, blurred, and gritty composition to give us a sense of the chaos that Jean-Dominique Bauby experiences. The lighting also impacts the mood as shadows and bright lights are alternated especially in the scene in which Bauby awakens from his coma. In this scene, lenses are used to zoom in and out, focusing and unfocusing on objects. The film’s diverse array of framing, camera angles and camera movement as well as its use of long takes to create interesting cinematographic aspects throughout the film.
   
2. Images: A key image in The Diving bell and the Butterfly is that of a diver using a diving bell. The diver is alone in a vast ocean, struggling and trapped. This image represents the isolated suffocation of Bauby’s paralyzed state. The image of the butterfly emerging from its cocoon represents Bauby’s blooming imagination. The image of the collapsing icebergs is a representation of Bauby’s declining hope for recovery.
   
3. Shot Lengths: There are close up shots used in the film when intimacy is being projected as well as a technique used to give the audience a view of the world through Bauby’s eye. 
   
   Long shots are also used to give the audience a sense of Bauby’s isolation and loneliness, like in the scene in which he is sitting alone, encompassed by the roaring sea and little else.
   
4. Shot Types: A scene in the film that uses a shot type that breaks free from the norm is the scene in which Bauby’s eye must be sewn shut. Not only are close shots used to explore what Bauby would see, but we are able to literally see through his eyes as the doctor sews his bad eye. We see a blurry background and in the foreground, his eyelashes and his eyelids being sewn shut with a needle and thread in this unique shot type. 
   
5. Camera Angles: The camera angles used throughout this film are usually low angle shots. The reason for this allows for the continued allusion that the audience has been placed into the position of Jean-Dominique Bauby. Because Bauby is in a paralyzed state and is often in bed or in his wheelchair, a low angle shot allows for imitating his viewpoint. The scene in which Bauby is driving in his car also utilizes low angle shots, however this does not give the audience Bauby’s point of view, but rather gives dominance to his character as he is at a successful point in his career, and has not been paralyzed as of yet. 
   
6. Composition: While the film contains scenes that are equally balanced and properly composed to the rule of thirds, other scenes contain elements within the frame arranged with little pattern to evoke a more chaotic and uncertain composition. 
   
7. Camera Movement: The camera movements throughout the film often evoke a sense of confusion or chaos, whether it is in the scene where Bauby awakens from his coma, or when Bauby enters the shooting session at Elle. The camera moves wildly about the room in the scene of the shooting session to express Bauby’s excitement for his job.
   
    
8. Cinematography Style: The cinematography in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly intentionally calls attention to itself. The cinematography often gives the audience a firsthand experience of Jean-Dominique Bauby’s experiences after awaking from his coma. The film beautifully blends Bauby’s lush imagination with the horrors of his harsh reality into the film’s artistic styling.