Scenes that use film form - Apocalypse Now

 Meeting Kilgore

This scene uses film form mainly through the use of a lot of cuts going back and forth with Kilgore and Willard following what they're both doing, in each cut the camera is close enough so that we see what they're both doing and so that we can see the chaos happening in the background. From soldiers running to  injured people on the ground, the background makes sure to show us that there is a genuine war going on.

Kilgore's performance portrays him as a very lenient serious person, however that changes as towards the end of the scene we see that while he's about to give water to a severely injured person on the battlefield his comrade tells him that Lance Johnson the surfer is near and Kilgore with ease stops attempting to give water to the injured person to go and meet Lance, this shows that Kilgore is a serious person that takes things lightly however we are also shown that he has a sympathetic side to him, the prime example being when he said "Any man brave enough to fight with his guts strapped on can drink from my canteen any day" as he is about to give the man water.

Kilgore's dialogue is very powerful, originally Kilgore's character was supposed to be played by a very big guy however Robert Duvall showed the audience that there's no need to be big in order to be the big boss around, the way her performed and spoke in the film as Kilgore was very commanding and his aura in a sense made up for his lack of size.

The way the camera is used in this scene is very smart, we go from the camera following around Kilgore and sort of focusing on him to show how he is a serious guy and how he is assertive and dominant, and as soon as we are shown that he takes the war lightly when he hears about the surfer Lance the camera switches to a wide shot to show how it's almost comedic the way Kilgore switched up as you can see the injured man in the background trying to get a bit of the water dripping from Kilgore's canteen as Kilgore stands up to look for Lance.

Helicopter village attack

This scenes uses film form mainly through the use of the angles with the camera, we get a lot of views from the helicopters suggesting that these are real point of views as they attack the village. We can see almost everything that's going on as the helicopters get closer to the village we can hear the music played from the helicopters gradually get louder and the villagers panicking more and more as they evacuate everyone.

The scenery in this scene shows us the village getting blown up, the soldiers shooting everywhere and helicopters flying everywhere, also the cuts in this scene are longer in comparison to other scenes prior to this one, and the camera seems to be shooting in one direction only which is to the right to show how the helicopters are going towards the village.

The cameras zoom in on the weapons inside the helicopter to emphasise that it's a war. The music played while they attack the village shows the reality of war since many think that during the war everything is serious whereas in reality it's the opposite where soldiers take it very lightly as some of them are even grinning whilst they make their way to the village. 

The pilot and soldiers seem to be showing no mercy against this village and its villagers as the pilot starts praising one of the soldiers by saying "Good shot." whilst having a massive grin on his face. This once again shows an almost comical side to the war. The camera angles whenever showing the Vietnamese soldiers fighting back seem to be pretty high up, this shows almost how the American soldiers look down on them whilst they attack their village.