An auteur is defined by google as a filmmaker whose personal influence and artistic control over a movie are so great that the filmmaker is regarded as the author of the movie. All great auteurs have their own signature style that they use in the making of their fil. Whether it’s the action that happens on screen, major underlying themes, or how they do work off-screen that the audience will never see. Unless of course they have a wife who makes a documentary about the making of a movie, focused on the director. This was the case for director, Francis Ford Coppola and one of his great films- Apocalypse Now. He is an auteur if there ever was one. How he does his work is different than anyone else and it has worked for him. Having award winning …show more content…
The same can be said for his films. They were not perfect. Partially, because of the style he used when making them. His directing style is very organic. He doesn’t have every scene planned out. He doesn’t have every line in the script written and makes the actor say exactly what he has written. Coppola capitalizes in the creativity of his actors and lets them improvise a bit. He will get them into character and just tell them to be that person. If you could see him behind the scenes or off the set you would see him talking to the actors describing the character they are trying to play instead of handing them a script. While the camera is rolling Coppola will be off to the side talking to his actors that are on screen giving them ideas on what to say, how to act, and who to be. He didn’t always know what was going to happen next but when it happened he knew it. He believed this made the film more realistic. You could get more emotion out of the actors if they aren’t just reading a script. Improvising made it so original because it’s happening right there in front of you and there is no plan to exactly what is going to