The film Godfather was a all-action crime movie, winning Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay back in 1972. It was also ranked the second best film in American-made movie in history and have two sequels followed; The Godfather Part 2 in 1974 and The Godfather Part 3 in 1990.
We looked at an extract of the film, where the tension increases as it goes on and we had to draw some of the most important shots which brings out the meanings to what is going to happen later on in the scene.
1) Mother holding baby- This is where the shot starts and it focus mainly on the baby since it doesn't show the mother's head of the lower body. This might suggest that the baby is special and it's going to be a center of importance between the protagonists and antagonists.
2) Building gun- A change in scene and we can see another person building a gun. It closes up on the gun to show that he's an assassin and would be about to kill someone. The cigarette and where he is at (somewhere on top of a building) may suggest he is one of those bad people about to cause trouble.
3) Person cleaning car- The setting is somewhere possibly in the countryside and there isn't much of the person that is significant since we don't really see who he is. He then wipes the car with some kind of fabric might show he likes cleanliness, and maybe as well, hiding something which would be revealed later on.
4) Person shaving- The person in the scene doesn't seem harmful when viewing this shot. He is at the barber shaving his beard off and looks like he is relaxed. He also checks his watch as if he is in a hurry, which relates later on into the story.
5) Dropping gun on bed- This shot is a continuity of the previous building gun scene. The person drops his gun down from his bag which some metal chains as well. The paper bag represents they are hiding something. The gun is the main focus here because the camera only shoots the paper bag and the person pulls out the gun and laying it on the bed.
6) Person walks along the corridor- The shot is a long shot, but nothing out stands in the corridor. The place might be some high class building by looking at the background and the decorations on the walls. A person treads along it but it doesn't exactly show where he is heading which creates suspense to the audience. He might also be in a hurry, since his pace is quite quick and he walked in a curved line.
7) Police taps car and point- The setting changes to an outdoor area, maybe outside the building to the previous shot taken in the inside. The policeman taps on the person's car and guides him somewhere else. The shot aims only at the policeman and the person, this might bring that something might happen between the two person as there isn't anyone else around.
8) Person runs upstairs- There isn't much in this shot, only that another character is introduced, and he runs upstairs. The setting where he is at is quite similar to the person who builds the gun, so this might show they are probably allies.
9) Person exits barber shop- Finishing his shave, the man leaves the shop and takes off somewhere. His pace is also quite quick, showing he might be in a hurry as seen previously where he checks his watch.
10) People walking down stairs- The shot moves back outside to where the policeman is located, this time with two more man walking down the stairs. The stairs gives a comparison between the two men and the policeman, whose got the power currently.
11) Shaved person waits on stairs- The shot is quite significant since the person who had his beard shaved goes to a place where its like a private area. He waits on the stairs shows that he is probably under a command as there is maybe a boss he is following a guide to. The place is also very similar to the person who build the gun. This might signify they are on the same team.
12) Person waits in front of stairs- This person is probably the person shown earlier that walked up the stairs. He now awaits in front of the lift, as if he knows someone would come out. These set of people are allies to each other, waiting for the signal to be announced and then action would take place.
13) Person massaging- It doesn't seem this person is with the gang, since the others have took action and are suppose to be in position while this person is still relaxing. He may be a innocent person since he doesn't have much introduced to audience.
14) 'I do'- This shot probably is the most important shot of all through the extract. The man in the church, simply said two little words and the whole gang started killing people after. He might be the leader of those people with 'I do' as the command they were all listening to. It cross cuts to all the shots to where his servants were in position to show the gun scene as begun.
15) Elevator kill- We saw earlier that this person waited in front of the elevator, like waiting for someone to come out. This time, the elevator opens up and the person sprays them with a machine gun.
16) Massage kill- Another cross cut to this person earlier shown relaxing while being massaged. A person suddenly appears he gets shot in the eye. He might not be someone special since there weren't any dialogues between the person. He might only be seen to show the power of the terrorists arising.
17) Hotel kill- A bell-boy was locked inside one of those door spinners and was killed by a disguised terrorist. His status was probably unknown to anyone since the person killed was in front of him and mostly likely took him as one of the staff from the hotel. By the disguise, they probably have waited for this mission for a very long period of time.
18) Police kill- Another disguise this time, but it's the policeman we've seen earlier where he directed the car off somewhere. His disguise as police shows that people will be under his control and how he directed the car might be a set of commands to get ready for the gun battle. The spin he demonstrated shows that he's got control over the set of people.
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