Film studies

 Themes:  - Effects of war + Atrocity - "Heroism" - Evil - Power  - Colonialism - Chaos vs order - Corruption

APOCALYPSE NOW  OPENING SCENE Apocalypse Now  is a 1979 American epic war film directed, produced and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola. It stars Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Harrison Ford, and Dennis Hopper. The film is a  metaphor  for a journey into the self and shows how the self, in the face of war, darkens beyond recognition. As they move upriver, Willard and the PBR crew become more agitated and separated from reality. Each experiences his own kind of mental breakdown. The opening scene is a very important factor of the film. AS it mainly show the effect war has on the main hero Willard CINEMATOGROPHY -Opening scene of willard, his face is upside down. This shows the fact that his life is 'upside down' and the fact that his face is shown next to a vehicle of war (a helicopter), it suggests that war has made his life 'upside down' -These layers of different images is shown by the te...

  Question - How does the director make an impact on the audience through the character of girl? One way the director creates an impact towards the audience is the technique of framing throughout the film. From the start to the near end the director uses direct-to-camera address to make the short film experience seem more realistic. This type of shot portrays the girl as talkative and assertive, and this connects us to the character. This then gives a bigger impact to the audience at the end as they would never expect the situation to happen, because throughout the film the audience may feel like they know the girl and how she acts, whereas the ending seems almost out of character which creates more of an impact as it is not expected. However during this scene at the end, a more shocking mood due to a more varied use of framing. One of these types of framing is the 'crane shot'. In this scene the main character would be on the normal shot that she is in throughout the whole fi...

  STORY -  A Gathering It is a story of 4 siblings, Jack (The oldest, 24), Isabelle, Sandra and William (The youngest, 18). This films starts with Isabelle waking up, to then continue to with a calendar and a circled date behind her slowly coming into focus. Then a scene of her making breakfast getting washed and dressed going to the supermarket for food for 'later' and then a conversation with her siblings on her phone to decide 'what time they will be meeting' and then proceeding to see the two brothers playfully arguing on the group chat, showing the audience the type of relationship they all have between each other. However Isabelle types in the group chat and no one replies Later on in the film, the family arrive at Isabelle's house for dinner, where they will be having a Sunday roast. The table is already set out and every scene of conversation before the dinner will always focus on Isabelle with a sibling, never a conversation or interaction with other siblin...

WES ANDERSON What is the Wes Anderson Style ? Wes Anderson's style can be summed up as this: Direct-directing. Wes Anderson is the most direct director in popular cinema today, but his films are simultaneously idiosyncratic and relentlessly detailed. Wes Anderson is known for the quirky and humorous films which include 'The Royal Tenenbaums,' 'The Darjeeling Limited,' 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' and 'The Grand Budapest Hotel. It can be concluded that Wes Anderson is an auteur because his work is considered iconic and is instantly recognisable due to the ' Anderson aesthetic' visual style, along with his personal brand of cinematography.