City Of God - Apartment Sequence - CINEMATOGRAPHY

Question 1

How is the lighting? - AO1 + AO2 points

Answer 1

• Low key lit
• As the scene progresses the apartment becomes more corrupted and linked to drug + gang control

Question 2

How does the apartment change?

Answer 2

• Walls change colour, furniture moves and objects change
• Goes from high key to low key lighting

Question 3

How are the characters framed?

Answer 3

• More dominant characters are framed in the foreground of the shot
• Suggesting changing power dynamics and how being at the top in the favelas is only temporary

Question 4

What position is the camera in?
AO1 + AO2 points

Answer 4

• A fixed wide angle position
• As if the spectator is watching from a place in the stalls of a theatre

Question 5

How does the story appear?

Answer 5

• Like a series of tableau’s (dramatic picture)

Question 6

What is the story told through?
AO1 + AO2 points

Answer 6

• A series of dissolves where people appear, disappear and reappear in different parts of the room
• Highlights the changing shifts in power

Question 7

How is cinematography presenting in CoG?

Answer 7

• Fast moving dynamic and creative camerawork’s draws the viewer into the crazy world of the favela, a sensation that is further enhanced by the frantic and fast paced editing