CITY OF GOD ANALYSIS

In my analysis of city of god i am going to write about the different techniques used in the first 5 minutes of the film. the techniques i will write about are mise en scene, sound, editing and camera angles.

The background is set in what looks like a very dirty crowded place this implies to the audience it might be in a market. It has a low key lighting this simply means using only the key and back lights, this technique is shown in the first 4 minutes of the film which gives a moody atmosphere which also gives the audience the feeling that something will happen or something is going to happen.
Later on the rest of the 1 minute remaining is set in a field with high key lighting where the kids are playing football. This gives it a joyful happy mood to the film.  High key lighting is used to create a happy and bright atmosphere.

The majority of the 5 minutes of the film there is diegetic sound like the musical instruments that were played by the characters in the film, but at one point of the film there was a non diegetic sound when the boy was having a flashback and talking to the audience. The music which was played in the beginning was very joyful traditional music which created a happy atmosphere to the film. It was a diegetic sound as the chickens were being cut but as they started to chase the chicken that had runaway the music gradually became non-diegetic.

Many different camera angles were used in this opening sequence examples are the close-ups of the knifes and the feet dancing to the music right at the beginning. There is also a extreme long shot of the chicken chase this is to give a full view of whole chase and where its leading to. There was also a medium shot of the boys conversation with his friend. There is a shot reverse shot when the kids are arguing on the football pitch this shot is used to show the reactions of the characters as they speak. The close-ups show every detail of the object the chickens being killed this is probably to create suspense and disgust to the audience.