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CITY OF GOD - APARTMENT SCENE - Coggle Diagram
CITY OF GOD - APARTMENT SCENE
MISE EN SCENE
Dona Zelia's initial apartment
Warm colour palette - browns, reds, yellows
A welcoming and warm location
Cutlery and food on the table
Zelia has priorities outside of drugs
Generally well kept and inviting - livable
Cutlery is ripped off the table by Zelia and replaced with drugs
No longer a place to raise kids and instead for drugs
Cold white seeping in from outside
Lost the warmth and friendliness
Carrot left in the darkness after he dies
Lost to time and obscurity in the apartment
The final apartment
Peeling stark, white paint
Harsh, cold colours
Posters of half-naked women on the walls
Sexist, unwelcoming
Light from outside
No longer a safe space for anyone
EDITING
Dissolves inbetween moments
The many owners move in and out like
ghosts
"For the drug dealers, there’s no hope. There’s no way out for them and, in the end, they all die. Rocket represents hope in the film." - Meirelles
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Static camera throughout
Despite the place commonly changing owners, it's always the same (a drug house)
We mostly view Carrot from behind
Inhuman, unfriendly
Carrot and Aristotle's eyes are blacked out by the edge of the camera
Lack soul and empathy
PERFORMANCE
Zelia does her "favours" in the corner of the room
Private space only for her and Big Boy
