What is the importance of mise-en-scene and/or sound in creating meaning and generating response in the films you have studied?
In 'City of God' the mise-en-scene just before Benny gets shot shows us that there is conflict between him and Lil Ze. The use of a green tint suggests that Lil Ze is a very jealous and greedy character because he sees that they all have what he wants and this causes him to kill and harm others in order to get what he desires. This is also shown in other scenes like when he looks at the jewellery and when he sees Carrots fortune there is always a green tint that comes over Lil Ze. This green tint could also suggest that Lil Ze is a very sick character, as he kills and rapes innocent people. Another element that suggests conflict between these characters is the split screen, which indicates that benny and Lil Ze, even though they are the best of friends, still have their own issues that they both have deal with. The split screen also represents the fact that Lil Ze is a negative representation of the favelas due to the killings, for example when we found out that he killed all of those in the motel. Benny, on the other hand, is a positive representation because he is always seen as the mediator and the one who sorts conflict between Lil Ze and the other characters when they are in trouble with him.
Another scene that creates a lot of meaning is when Shaggy is introduced to Bernice when he goes to Bernice's mothers house to try and escape from the police because they are after him for supposedly killing innocent people at the motel. The non-diegetic music starts off foreshadowing that there may be romance between these two characters later on in the film. A shot reverse shot is also included in this scene to also indicate there may be a relationship about to flourish. The candle light indicates that there is a flame burning between them, like a metaphor between the characters and the golden candle light. However the mother interrupts this romantic scene and brings it back to reality which gives this film a touch of verisimilitude because it's always focused on what happens in the favelas and anything else around this topic is always interrupted and brought from fiction back to reality, which also suggests that romance in the favelas will never work and will always be interrupted by conflict between other characters. There has been many documentaries about the favelas that reinforce the killings and how drug gangs dominate over everything, meaning that over 3,000 people were killed in one single year in the favelas due to gang disputes and disagreements; it's like a war zone that nobody can escape from and this is highlighted in the film when the characters try and escape from reality with this idea of romance but are always interrupted by different factors. This is also illustrated when Rocket and Angelica get together at the beach and the runts interrupt their kiss to ask for drugs which shows that even though romance does run throughout the film, is it always brutally interrupted and abruptly ends due to the favelas and the conflict within it. The runts are shown to be of a higher power which may also foreshadow that they are the ones that may take over the favelas later on in the film.
Another scene that creates a lot of meaning is when Shaggy is introduced to Bernice when he goes to Bernice's mothers house to try and escape from the police because they are after him for supposedly killing innocent people at the motel. The non-diegetic music starts off foreshadowing that there may be romance between these two characters later on in the film. A shot reverse shot is also included in this scene to also indicate there may be a relationship about to flourish. The candle light indicates that there is a flame burning between them, like a metaphor between the characters and the golden candle light. However the mother interrupts this romantic scene and brings it back to reality which gives this film a touch of verisimilitude because it's always focused on what happens in the favelas and anything else around this topic is always interrupted and brought from fiction back to reality, which also suggests that romance in the favelas will never work and will always be interrupted by conflict between other characters. There has been many documentaries about the favelas that reinforce the killings and how drug gangs dominate over everything, meaning that over 3,000 people were killed in one single year in the favelas due to gang disputes and disagreements; it's like a war zone that nobody can escape from and this is highlighted in the film when the characters try and escape from reality with this idea of romance but are always interrupted by different factors. This is also illustrated when Rocket and Angelica get together at the beach and the runts interrupt their kiss to ask for drugs which shows that even though romance does run throughout the film, is it always brutally interrupted and abruptly ends due to the favelas and the conflict within it. The runts are shown to be of a higher power which may also foreshadow that they are the ones that may take over the favelas later on in the film.
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