Santina's Film Blog

 Binary Opposites in Captain Fantastic Jack - Ben. Academic education - Alternative education. Conservative view - Progressive view. Parenthood - Childhood. Safety - Risk. Christianity - Buddhism. Traditional funeral - Cultural ritual. Traditional lifestyle - Diverse/Cultural lifestyle.  Bodevan - Teenage girl. Harper - Ben. Harper’s kids - Zaja. Jack’s parenthood style - Ben and Leslie’s parenthood style.  Traditional holidays - Noam Chomsky day. Urbanism - Wilderness. Nature - Culture. Right - Wrong.

 Long Shot: A Netflix Short Film   This short Netflix film called “Long Shot” holds the idea of the “what ifs” in this tense situation where a man could face death penalty for a crime that he did not commit. Long shot is a short film that portrays a conflict between a man and the judicial system. He did not commit the murder and the investigators that had him questioned admitted that they were trying to trick him to get an incriminating response in spite of his continuous claims of his innocence. By the end of the short film, the audience can see that the people being interviewed hold to the idea of “what if…”. What would have happened if he decided to stay at home instead of going to the game? What would have happened if he did not make that phone call to his wife? It is scary to think that a man could have been wrongfully convicted into death penalty for murder if something as small as his daughter wanting to leave the baseball game earlier happened. This narrative is ve...

  Interpretation of “Connect” The main character is surrounded by boring and mundane people that are noticeably exhausted and are going back to their homes after a long day in their tiring jobs. She is perceived as individualistic and invisible. She is pushed and walked over as if she did not exist by these other people, so she uses her headphones to show her will to get into her own head and imagination, where everything seems to be spontaneous and different. She wants to escape the boring reality. The lighting on the other hand does favour the main character of the girl as she is lit and more noticeable in spite of the darkness of her surroundings. It also helps back the statement of her being different and not being comfortable in the boring routine: being the small light while everyone else is consumed with darkness in their ordinary lives. When she puts on her headphones and her imagination takes place, the light seems to be somewhat brighter, showing the other people being in...

  Analysis of enigma codes on “Connect” The Girl protagonist is clearly shy and an introvert. This is shown in multiple occasions: when people push her over as if she did not exist and when this happens again when other passengers go on the bus. She does not respond to the bad manners and, instead, uses the headphones to isolate herself from the loud world. Another sign of being an introvert. Once the headphones are on, it seems that her imagination takes over her.  The other characters are normal people that are, most likely, getting out of work and going home after a long and tiring day. It is a realistic view of what would be seen in a bus at the end of the day. The Man seems to be the only one that recognises her as he pays attention to her until she is pushed away (once again). There seems to be a connection between the two of them, as if the Man was happy to be taken out of the monotony for a moment with the uncommon approach of the Girl. She also seems to be happy to ha...

  Captain Fantastic: Opening Scene The first impression of the lifestyle that this peculiar family follows is that it is mainly based on survival and the separation from civilisation. The environment in the forest is completely natural, without any sign of human infrastructures damaging the natural beauty of the forest. The first shot of the deer in its natural habitat, peacefully prowling between the trees, represents the calm in his surroundings. The camera follows the deer, shakily, which gives a sense of realism that is supported by the natural sound of trees being moved by the wind, other animals further away and the deer itself. The sound is amplified when the animal eats a leaf, oblivious that it is going to be hunted. The animal and the human are shown in the same shot: the deer closer to the camera and unfocused, showing its unawareness and innocence, and the human getting the audience’s attention behind it. A sound hints at the deer that it is being watched, and the audie...

  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...