Posterous theme by Cory Watilo
Kacey Kuchenbecker

In the Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii

Pompeii

1.) "I look back: a dense cloud looms behind us, following us like a flood poured across the land."

In the movie, the director used special effects to show the dark clouds of Vesuvius covering over Pompeii and the Ash clouds that seeped through the town.

2.) "It was daylight now elsewhere in the world, but there the darkness was darker and thicker than any night."

The lighting was very dark to show that the clouds were so dense and thick that the sunlight was completally isolated from Pompeii.

3.) "Outside, however, there was danger from the rocks that were coming down, light and fire-consumed as these bitss of pumice were."

The movie had many small rocks to resemble the pumice that fell from the sky caused by Vesuvius. The director had scenes were piles of pumice were scattered on the streets of Pompeii to show how much was falling from the sky.

 "In addition, it seemed as though the sea was being sucked
backwards, as if it were being pushed back by the shaking of the land. Certainly the shoreline moved outwards, and many
sea creatures were left on dry sand."

I think in the movie they could have shown more of what was happening on the shore. They showed people waiting at the boat ramps waiting for rescue, but thats it. More shore sceans could be better to show so the viewer has a broad understanding of what happend all over pompei, not just what was happening in the streets.

The people of Naples, Italy and the other areas surrounding Mt. Vesuvius (the volcano that destroyed Pompeii) are at risk for another devastating eruption. What if the history (and potential future) of the place in which you lived was dangerous or afflicted by some sort of recurring natural disaster - would you still live there?

 I think it depends on the time and age that i am when it would occur. I don't plan on living in Hawaii the rest of my life, but It would be very hard to leave knowing I could possibly never go back. Oahu will always be appart of my life because I was born and raised here!