City Of God Context

Question 1

social

what percentage of the population live in absolute poverty

Answer 1

20% (32 million)

Question 2

social

what % of GDP do those below the poverty line receive

Answer 2

2%

Question 3

social

what % of GDP do those in the top 10% receive

Answer 3

50.6%

Question 4

historical

which country colonised brazil

Answer 4

Portugal

in the 16th century

Question 5

historical

what was part of the economy founded on

Answer 5

transport of slaves

from the West coast of Africa

Question 6

historical

what are the multi-ethnic communities made up of

Answer 6

descendants of slaves and immigrants

Question 7

political

what country was Brazil economically dependent on and dominated by

in the 20th century

Answer 7

the USA

Question 8

political

who was the President when the film was made

in 2002

Answer 8

Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva

ex-metalworker

Question 9

political

what was special about this new left-wing government

Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silvas’

Answer 9

it was the first one to be in power in more than 40 years

Question 10

political

what did President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva promise

Answer 10

economic prosperity fairly distributed to all

Question 11

institutional

who financed the film

Answer 11

TV Globo (TV channel) and O2 Filmes (commercials company)

Brazils biggest

Question 12

institutional

who was the international distributor

Answer 12

Miramax

labeling it as Brazillian ‘Goodfellas’

Question 13

crew

Who were the composers

made the music

Answer 13

Ed Cortes and Antonio Pinto

Question 14

crew

Who was the editor

Answer 14

Daniel Rezende

Question 15

quotes

What did Rezende say about the editing style

Answer 15

“we especially welcomed anything out of the ordinary. “

Question 16

Who was the director of cinematography in City of God

Answer 16

Cesar Charlone

Question 17

CoG

What are the two main props

Answer 17

Guns and a camera

Question 18

When did a military coup suspend human rights and oust left wing president Goulart

Answer 18

1964

Question 19

How many people are employed through drug trafficking

Answer 19

100,000

Question 20

How many deaths are there every 30 minutes

Answer 20

1

Question 21

How many deaths are through high caliber guns

Answer 21

90%

Question 22

Film Form in the Story of the Apartment scene

Answer 22

1. stationary camera
2. dissolves
3. devalue of home
4. foreground and background
5. high key to low key lighting

Question 23

Story of the Apartment

What does a wide angle and deep focus do to the scene

Answer 23

provides an exaggerated perspective to the room (people are large in the foreground and small in the background)

Question 24

Story of the Apartment

What are the changes in mise-en-scene

Answer 24

1. walls change colour
2. furniture moves (table)
3. objects disappear (table cloth)
4. oven is used differently (stores drugs)

Question 25

What are the ideologies in CoG ## Footnote 5 ideologies

Answer 25

1. no escape 2. neglectful government 3. show the world the favelas (reject traditional image) 4. patriarchal society 5. class and ethnic divide

Question 26

What is the main representaion of masculinity in CoG

Answer 26

1. aggressive and toxic 2. machismo culture 3. male chauvinism

Question 27

What is the main representaion of femininity in CoG

Answer 27

1. passive and in peripheral roles 2. easily disappear from the narrative

Question 28

# Opening Sequence What consists of the flashes that repalce the establishing shot

Answer 28

series of close ups (knife, hand, stone) and a cut to black in each shot

Question 29

# Opening Sequence What does the montage relay

Answer 29

a chaotic carnival atmosphere

Question 30

# Opening Sequence What does the blue tinge represent

Answer 30

a cold 1970

Question 31

# Opening Sequence What is the first mid shot and its significance

Answer 31

a tethered chicken trying to escape

Question 32

What is the aesthetic style

Answer 32

restless

Question 33

how is Berenice represented in City of God

Answer 33

a traditional women, subservient to men (Shaggy and Blacky), witnesses of violence (Shaggy's death)

Question 34

how is Angelica represented

Answer 34

a trophy desired by men (maybe because she is from outside the favelas)

Question 35

how is Marina represented

Answer 35

(sexually) powerful due to living outside of the favelas

Question 36

how is Lucia represented

Answer 36

as someone only important in Knockout Ned's story

Question 37

how are women represented in City of God

Answer 37

passive, witness violence, trapped unless they live outside of the favelas