Monday, 28 April 2014

Godfather analysis


This is the shot when Sollozzo and McCluskey pick Micheal up and they are on the way to the bar.
  • Close up shot at Micheal's face, being in the middle of the frame. 
  • We can barely see his entire face as well as Sollozzo's and McCluskey's
  • Contrast in light appear strongly in this picture. Everything is very dark accept the light shine through the back window. It's probably from a car behind and the streetlight pole. 
  • Sollozzo and McCluskey is pushed to the sides and barely shown by the streetlight. They remains in the dark almost the whole the scene. 
  • Plus, the two are the only talking in the car.
  • Micheal is very still, not much of movement. He barely turn his head. 
  • As we can see, his eyes are almost looking at the same spot every time. 
  • The difference in movement between Micheal and Sollozzo shows that Micheal is very different with the other two, which are very active and talkative, full with movement. 
  • Micheal is looking still, he's calculating something. He's thinking what happen next (the gun, the murder)


  • The closing scene of the "Godfather" 
  • The scene is shot in deep focus, presenting Kay in the front and Micheal in the back. 
  • Even though Kay in the bigger figure, standing real close to the camera, Micheal is the one in focus. 
  • Added to this, the two are both in the frame, but the distance between them is far apart. Furthermore, the two are separate by the line in the middle of the frame, creating the audience a feeling of disconnection.  
  • This shot then cut away to a medium shot of the room Micheal is in. 
    • The purpose of this shot is suggesting the audience a view of who and what is happening in side the room as well as giving a perspective of Kay. 
  • Micheal again is in the middle and surrounded around by the three other character
    •  presenting Micheal is the central attention. 
  • The eerie sad music from the beginning of the music is once again play in this scene. 
    • Its suddenly get louder and louder when two second man kisses Micheal's hand - toward the climax as well as giving the audience a pity feeling of Kay when the camera cut away shot close up to Kay's face. 
    • Then the volume gets lower as well as the pitch suggesting the scene is over - leaving the audience an uneasy feeling. 

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