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CITY OF GOD - CLOSING SCENE - Coggle Diagram
CITY OF GOD - CLOSING SCENE
MISE EN SCENE
Rocket watching from "behind bars"
Now free from the favela, he's watching the events happen from behind the "unescapable prison" that is the favela, but having no effect on it (like us)
Lil Ze under darkness
Darkness, evil, unstoppable and unempathetic force
Secret meeting taking place behind the shadows
Since we can't see his face, he appears as an unemotional being that we have no pity or feelings towards
Meanwhile, Rocket's under the light, showing the good in him and his ability to see the truth taking place in front of his eyes
Kicking the dog
Appears unsympathetic to the eyes of the audience, by bullying the innocent (a dog)
Metaphorically and literally
All of the kids surrounding Lil Ze
Powerless to stop all of those kids because they outnumber and overwhelm them
We only see Lil Ze's feet when he's dead
Wizard of Oz reference? (Witch of the East when dead)
"Ding dong the witch is dead" say all of the little people
The runts are still in close proximity to Rocket
Rocket may still be tied to the favela
The runts talk about revenge
The cycle of violence continues
The kid who got shot in the foot limps on behind
The runts are still staying strong
CINNAMONTOGRAPHY
Watching Lil Ze being taken away from a distance
We, the audience, are
poverty tourists
, watching the
spectacle of violence
from a distance with no effect on it
Seeing the events take place from the POV of Rocket's camera
A camera can't lie, and we're seeing the
truth
being played out in front of our eyes
ECU of Rocket's camera
Hyper focus on trying to prepare the camera
The accompanying shaky cam helps show the tension and urgency that Rocket is feeling
We see all of these events from Rocket's POV only
Restricted and limited POV for the audience
Long tracking shot in this scene
The camera is unconstrained (for the need for cuts), just like Rocket right now
The camera keeps a distance from the runts in the final shot
We no longer have any involvement in the life anymore
SOUND / MUSIC
Music picks up when Rocket is racing towards the crime scene
Excitement because Rocket is finally having his big break
The frantic shaky can helps emphasize this
Cool funk music after Rocket's got his big break
Confident, cool and controlled
EDITING
Slower paced editing compared to the previous action scene
More focused and less chaotic in our POV
