Thursday, September 19, 2019

City of god: opening

Cinematography and lighting 

  • opening images a of a knife  which give the audience an idea of violence 
  • the first image of lil ze is an uncountable close up of him screaming which make you dislike him straight away.
  • most of the sequence is very tight and claustrophobic  
  • the sequence is shot hand held which makes it much more chaotic 
  • all the shots are very low with only seeing a few shots of the people faces but they are stiff very distorted 
  • everything slows down when rocket is shown is a long shot that lasts more than 2 seconds.
  • not much sky very dark and a lot of shadows are seen with a very grey palette
  • there's a 360 tun with that camera that takes the scene right the sixties where there is a lot more brighter.

editing 
  • very quick editing that immediately  sets the tone for the film
  • kinetic editing
  • as soon as we see rocket the fast editing stops and more traditionally editing  techniques  are used
  • slow motion is used when rocket is see lil ze showing him as a threat.
  • freeze frames are used to give a slight break from the narrative to allow Rocket narration to explain something
  • 360 fade into the past



mise en scene 
  • a lot of the unnecessary shots of guns 
  • lack of sky 
  • dimly lit and when the flash back comes its much brighter
  • knives and guns are used sets the tone of the film
  • bowl of chicken blood also gives an idea of the themes of this film

sound 
  • first sound heard is knife 
  • vibrant Latin pop contrasts the narrative 
  • music stops when you see rocket 
  • the noise of the camera and guns match up in certain parts.
  • mostly diegetic music
Ideology 
  • chicken tries to escape but fails , which foreshadows some character that try to do the same.
  • there is some corruption  shown through the police  
  • themes of violence and revenge are shown
  • in the flash backs you see the older hoods that are much more playful and what they're doing isn't shown to be morally terrible
  • themes of poverty is shown as these characters run through the slums

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