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The film City of God is about two boys growing up in a violent slum of a city in Brazil. The movie follows the path of each of the boys life’s when one becomes a drug dealer and the other becomes a photographer. The plot of this movie is based mostly on character.
The documentary-like-editing is well used and it uses handheld camera and beautiful tracking shots to make you feel as if you are on the streets of the slum together with the characters. One great shot is when we see a boy running from
the cops with his girlfriend watching from the car, this shot has a great sense of movement a
Freeze and zoom shots on character’s face every time we are introduced to a new character, the shot is used to indicate the transition to a flashback scene that describes the character, this is mostly used in the beginning of the movie when we are being introduced to the characters.
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Some great observations her Miguel, do you plan to use any of the shots from City of God in the film you are making?
Comment by Fred November 23, 2008 @ 11:35 am