City of God

City of God;

Steak and Fries scene; 

• The movie uses a lot of obscure framing, replicating the idea of hidden cameras, also replicates War footage on documentaries or news footage, gives the movie a sense of realism and drama, as we feel that camera operator is scared of being seen by Lil' Ze. (mixture of styles, the changes between documentary type shots and camera angles and the mainstream, big blockbuster movie type techniques and shots)

• Movie shows how poverty is affecting the children in the favela and that their only route out of poverty is through joining gangs like, Steak and Fries with Lil Ze's gang. Arguably the movie doesn't do enough of this and this scene is great for showing the emotional response from the audience, of which the movie doesn't do a lot of the time.

• Lil' Ze has the power in the scene as he has the guns, which in the favela is the true power. We see corruption with the little kids in the favela that get dragged into the world of crime and organized crime, and eventually treated with no mercy and are killed much like adult gang members. (Kids and Guns are shown a lot, usually in the same scene, with a camera angle showing and placing emphasis on it, constant juxtaposition)