Steven Spielberg had dreamed of making this movie his entire life. To him, it was to be symbolic of his life as a child and how he, as a young boy, dealt with the uncertainties of his parents getting a divorce. It was originally titled “A Boys life”. "I always wanted to tell the story of a child's reaction to his parents splitting up when he's still only about 10 years old," noted Spielberg, "and how it impacts the rest of his life. Perhaps E.T. was a subconscious fantasy of mine since childhood, to make myself feel less lonely in my life. It was a childhood dream of a spec

Some of the creative techniques include an establishing shot to initially show the viewer where the scene transpires. Like peeling layers off an onion, the viewer is brought deeper and deeper into the story. First, a camera shot may show a hillside in order to raise the viewer's curiosity. Then the exterior of a home is shown, and a new cut brings the viewer into the home where the characters are introduced. By using a quick pan to the left, proximity is established between Elliot and a brother, or perhaps ET and those pursuing him. Specific lighting is also key to creating a mood. One key light on an actor focuses the viewers' attention solely on him. Fill lighting omits shadows while back lighting creates an image in silhouette. A silhouette image can create mystery, tension, darkness, or even fear. The director's orchestration of the various mise-en-scene shots creates a montage meaning.

For being a film from the early 1980’s, all of the shots used on this movie were amazing. Every shot in the book was used, along with some variations on close-ups. All adults in the movie, until the ending, were shot from the waist down, except for the mother. “I never wanted to show grown-ups in the movie until the very end. I wanted to suggest them. I didn’t want that world contaminated with anything beyond a young teenager’s point of view” (Spielberg and Mathison, pg 15).

Also within this movie, because of the children that Spielberg was working with, the movie was dubbed after filming. Steven used the time during filming to direct the children on what was happening and what he wanted to see from them, which would prevent the movie from being dubbed as they were filming unless they wanted to have the extra sound of Speilberg’s voice added into the movie.

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