City of God

Opening scene:

Editing:

• Fast paced cuts 
• blacked out screen during part of the knife part
• cuts from chicken to killed chicken
• kinetic
• narration added as it cuts between rocket, the gang and the police
• slow orderly editing for rocket
• slow motion on Lil ze as rocket sees him
• 360 cross fade across rocket as it transitions to the past

Sound:

• knifes - references cooking but has connotations of violence
• traditional rio samba music
• camera clicking
• ambience of talking
• loud gun shots
• sound/music stops on shift to rocket showing that he isn't connected to the last scene

Cinematography:

• close ups on knives and blood
• cold lighting, the past is lit warmly but the progressively gets colder as the film goes on
• lots of close ups of all aspects of. the scene e.g lighting the cooking pot, chicken, people
• handheld camera - shaky
• tight close ups
• little sky in these scenes
• open sky in the past, less claustrophobic 
• close up on Lil Ze laughing psychotically
• birds eye view of the group running through alleyways, showing sections of poverty within the city
• pov shot of chicken
• blinding sunlight with gunshot
• rocket starts with a mid shot and walks into a close up
• close ups on guns
• over the shoulder shot, focused on rocket as he gives lil dice the ball
• freeze frame on rocket during his introduction
• old era gnagsters vs new era gangsters - both have guns and surrounded by children, but lighting is different and the children are scared of the new era gangsters
• midst of the tender trio
• cheering from children - Robbin hood e
• out of focus shot with rocket with tender trio in the background
• close ups on lil ze murdering people

mise en scene:

• violent props - knives, guns
• close ups of police vehicles
• opposition of gun and camera
• chicken is representative of rocket - trying to get out - linked to failed attempts to escape
• guns brought in very early
• lil ze pulls a gun out at first sign of violence

Ideology:

• violence
• escape
• weed vs coke
• opens with children shooting a chicken - futility of violence
• police and gangsters are equal and negative
• lil dice cheering shows his ideology early on
• circular narrative reflects how there is no escape
• contrast between lil dice and shaggy