City Of God - The Story Of Knockout Ned - SOUND

Question 1

What happens to the score each time a character is shot dead?

Answer 1

• cuts the score

Question 2

What is the music replaced by?

Answer 2

• an overpowering sound effective of gunshot and a high pitched piercing buzz that symbolises the aftermath of a gunshot

Question 3

What kind of score plays out against a montage of onscreen violence?
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What does it do to the audience?

Answer 3

• relaxing and soulful non-diegetic melodic score
• desensitises the spectator to violent imagery > highlights the ease of Ned and people in the favelas transition to violence

Question 4

How does the score work?

Answer 4

• the score is contrapuntal and works in juxtaposition against the violence we witness

Question 5

What kind of narrator do we have throughout the film?

Answer 5

• first person narrator

Question 6

Through the voice over of the film throughout, how are we manipulated?

Answer 6

• we are manipulated to align with Rocket and see the narrative and the story through his perspective as an observer and telling us stories through a second-hand experience - non diegetic voiceover

Question 7

How does the music act throughout the film?

Answer 7

• music acts as a similar way to Rockets commentary