Blog Assignment 2

Well, I recently went and rented The Godfather and studied the film to its utmost extent. I noticed that Francis Ford Coppolla used many techniques to further enhance the film and make it one of the best films ever made. The way that each shot was framed and the way the camera moved in each shot made the characters come to life and traits in each characters become easily relate able with the viewer. Each sequence was filmed in a certain point of view. That point of view made the movie more personal for the viewer making it easier for each viewer to further relate with the story at hand. Even though it was an intense mobster movie, with much drama and action, each shot and each sequence told a story. That story was about a mobster on a revenge streak. The movie followed Vito and Michael Corlone, and the reign of the godfather of the Corlene crime family. This movie, alothough very graphic in nature, was very moving due to its intense story line and its wonderful directing. The way coppola directed Godfather made it easier for other directors to see what a great american film looks like, through the intense angles and techniques that Coppola used to make his film, he was able to make all the necessesary arrangements in his techniques to further enhance the film itself. The way that the movie itself was shot enabled many directors in the future to further enhance the style and use it in their own films, making it more apparent to the viewer that what they are watching could be considered real.