city of god Flashcards
how are drugs and guns presented
The same issues today are still presented and evident in the film; someone gets killed every half an hour from a gun killing. The drug culture has become engrained in rios culture
What does the apparetmenet scene create?
Shows a development of time with the camera having static movement to cross fade the timeline of events.
The static camera shows an infrastructure of how the area haunt changed in its looks just what it is used and symbolic for
In the appartment scene what does the woman represent at the start/
A forgotten realm, shows life is cheap in the city of god
How does the change in tone and camera angles show the different in claustrophobic looks?
The way the over head shots are now presented suggests the killing are mounted up, little space
What does the story of apparemtent scene use in techniques?
Uses a large depth of field, as we are inn a theatre seat as it were, we are at a spectators gaze. The story appears like a series of tableaux
Why is the killing of shaggy death symbolic?
merliees uses the orange lighting as hope, this is presented when shaggy is trying to escape and in hope of conjuring a new life but when his death happens the light merges to a cold shadow lighting suggesting the characters are being closed in on their fate
Makes the audience feel sympathy for the ruins as another one is killed from fate and trying to create a new life
How is the lighting of bene’s death also symbolic?
The way that the lights flicker towards bene’s last moments of life then the lights go off to show that death has approached and the end has come
What does the fast pace editing represent?
The rise of tension in Brazil and how life is at a pinnacle point then gone
What did the editor Daniel - Daniel Rezende say?
“If the situation is tense, and there’s no time to think, we speed it up and make it even tenser. If the character is going to be important later, then we freeze the face to commit it to memory.
What does the 360 degree pan fo rocket at the start of the movie present?
Forehsados what he was and what he will become, starts in medius re. The way that we gather information
What does the non-diegetic sound present to the viewer>
The culture reference of Brazil, reminding them they are in Brazil and latin american
the high tempo music tries to present the vibrancy of Brazil
the music going louder and louder tries to present the tension
What does the non-diegetic sound accompanying the knife respetnt?
Represents the juxtaposition between celebration and violence, common theme in the city of god; the discos
How is the music played when lil ze is killing people?
There is a crescendo to show how his killing is getting more violent and violet and more in depth
Why did merciless receive criticism about the music he u
