Coursework - The Lost Boys

In this scene you see where the movie is set and are introduced to some of the main characters David,Micheal,Sam and Lucy. It starts off with a long shot of the fairground there is also non diejetic music. It then goes to medium close ups of David and the other vampires this introducing them as main characters.Next you see a close up of David talking to a lady and her boyfriend starts a fight with them, because there is a clsoe up of the woman and her boyfriend it makes you remember them and they have a bigger part later on in the film. There is then a close up of a security guard as he is yelling at David and the others to leave. There is then a point of view birds eye view shot of the security guard walking to his car then hes is killed there is also diejetic sound of bats this lets you know that you are seeing the action through the point of view of the vampires. Then there is then a jump cut, birds eye view shot showing you the new setting and non diejectic music as you see a tracking birds a view shot of a car, the camera then zooms into the people in the car and you see a medium close up Micheal,Sam and Lucy and the music turns dieject as it is coming from the car radio. The Lighting in the clip is mostly natural as it is set outside. you then see a point of view shot from Michael as he is looking at the Santa Carla sign this also sets the scene as you can see where they are moving to, also the sign is brightly colored making it look like a nice place to live but as they drive past on the other side of the sign it says murder capital of the world this shows you what Santa Carla is really like and that something bad is going to happen to Michael and his family.

City Of God

The film starts silently this straight away makes you anxious because you are waiting to see whats happening, there is the a diegetic sound of a knife beeing scraped across something you then see the knife this gives the impression that film is going to be violent. There is then quick close ups of different people this introduces the main characters. The next scene is of the gang chasing the runaway chicken when they run into Rocket and the police. This is when we are first introduced to Rocket and you can see that he is an outside beacuse he was not with the gang. We are then taken back in time with Rocket telling the story of whats happened in the City of God. I like the way this film is set out because near the end of the film it goes back to the first scene of the film this is good because you have gone back in time to catch up with whats happened then it is showing you the present moment.
The costumes that are used in this film are good for example Lil Ze when hes little and has not got much money he has scruffy clothes this shows how poor he is , but later on in the film as he is making money his clothes look better and more expensive.
There are a few tracking shots used in this film when people are being chased through the slum they are also birds eye view this shows you how big the city is. There is also point of view shots from Rocket as he is taking photos the main one being when he finds Lil Ze dead you see him take a photo of him.
The film is also narrated by Rocket this is good because the whole story is told in Rockets prospective and he introduces you to new characters and events in this life, by being told the story by the character you get to know them more and you want dont want anything to happen to him and you want him to reach his goal of being a photographer.
overall i didnt really like this film much because of the subtitles but i dint like how the film is set out.