Santina's Film Blog

  Why is the short film "Wallace and Gromit" engaging? The short film of Wallace and Gromit is engaging, mostly because of the action scene that takes place in the main character's house. It is a chase scene, where Gromit and Wallace are trying to get the penguin before he escapes with the diamond. It is a story told in a very exciting way as there is always something that interrupts the character's objective and makes it more complicated to achieve. Every time it looks like either the penguin is going to escape or that he is going to get caught, something gets in the way and the characters have to find a solution to accomplish their goal. The chase is focused mainly on the train tracks, where the evil penguin is on the train with Gromit stepping on his heels and Wallace trying to catch him with a net. But this net gets stuck and Wallace is left behind. Gromit is about to catch the penguin, but he unhooks the train cars and goes in a separate way. As we think that Gro...

  Francis Coppola Creative Signature And The Power He Had As A Director Francis Ford Coppola directed, produced, coached and co-edited Apocalypse Now, a film that took more than ten years to release due to many complications, one of them shooting in the middle of the Vietnam War. There are many reasons why Coppola is considered an auteur but sometimes his signature is not clear enough to differentiate his films. There are many characteristics that most of his films have such as the use of light and shadow, the themes used and the large-scale set piece action scenes. The use of shadows and specific lighting is the most striking characteristic that can be seen throughout Apocalypse Now. The chiaroscuro lighting has the purpose to make it mysterious and the imposing shadow figures throughout scenes like the ending are what make this such a good directed film. The lighting is very specific and cinematography calculated, not only in Apocalypse Now but in The Godfather and The Conversati...