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.

Diary

                                     Thursday 23rd September - 8.00pm-8.15pm

Watched E20. I always make time to watch these soap episodes which shows my dedication to keeping up with the programmes making sure i don't miss anything. I love soaps in general specially E20.

                                    

                                           Friday 24th September 2.00pm-3.00pm

I listened to drakes new album "thank me later" which i loved to bits because drake is my favourite artist. Listening to his album has probably been the 20th time i have listened. This shows how much i really love music and  I love to make apart of my daily routines.

                                                     Saturday 25th september 6.00pm-8.00pm

i read some more of the twilight breaking dawn book i had started. im not paticulary a regular reader but when i started reading this one i got hooked to it, this shows i show an interest to fantasy/ romantic books with vampires in them as well. 
                                                              Sunday 26th september

Analysis of camera angles

This is an image from men in black 2. This is a long shot angle reason for this is because it clearly shows the entire human body of will smith and of course the dog. This camera shot gives a full view of the background as well other than the characters. This angle can be used to maybe give a full on view on whats going on behind him or mabye relate him to his surroundings.

This is an image from twilight its a reaction shot. This shot gives an extreme close-up of the characters to show their reactions in the film of whats going to happen or has happened. In this case it shows bella showing a shocked reaction maybe because of what edward is doing. Just by looking at the image it gives a summary in the viewers mind of what might be going on. In twilight the reaction shot is used for a extreme event in the film.

This film is flightplan. The shot clearly reveals the movements of the key character. This is one i found hard to come across it is shot which could be a point of view shot because it clearly shows the position of the key character in the scene, however could also be a reaction shot not necessarily a close up one but a high angle shot because u can still see the reactions of the passengers even from a high angle.