City of god essay
‘discuss some of the ways in which editing is used in each of your chosen films to create meaning.’ (20 marker) In Merielle’s city of god, Rezende’s use of montage editing in the opening sequence is effective at introducing the audience to the hectic world of the favelas in city of god. The opening scene rushes the audience into the rhythm of the music and the violence in Rio with the use jump cuts and the use of quick cuts of the knife roughly 1 second each straight away gives the impression that the films main theme is going to be violence. The knife sound plays alongside the music suggesting that it is a big part of the culture just as much as music is. The quick shots in the beginning, of the chicken watching its peers die, music playing, people cooking, chopping food is montaged in an established way to display how fast the chicken dies corresponding with the fast paced editing tempo. Whilst everything is happening simultaneously Rezednde creates an overload of informat...







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