Analysis of Godfather

Opening scene of Godfather.
I have analysed ‘the finest Gangster film every made’ “Godfather” starring: Al Pacino, Marlon Brando and James Caan.

The Godfather opens in 1945, at the wedding of Connie Corleone, the only daughter of Vito Corleone, the head of the most powerful organized crime family in the United States. During the wedding, Corleone, respectfully referred to as the Godfather, is grateful to meet with people who need his help.

The title of the film is white on the dark background which stands out and grabs views attention. Representing Black and White as good and evil. There is classic music in the background. The scene starts with an Italian man speaking. The camera zooms out of the mans face showing the audience his expressions and feeling. He is sitting in the dark room as the camera is zooming out. He is talking to someone showing his emotions, this builds up tensions as to who is he speaking to. As the camera zooms out in very slow motion it becomes an over the shoulder shot showing the listeners hand. The dark background in the room suggests the sadness and emotion. The camera keeps zooming out until the listener speaks; his face is still not shown to the audience, which again is mysterious. The characters face is now revealed with a close up shot showing his facial expressions after the man whispers in his ear. There is an establishing shot of people sitting in back suits in the dim lighted room. The camera is set to the ‘godfather’ who is talking to the man behind the mans back and showing a medium shot of the godfather on the left side of the screen. There is an over the shoulder shot used again when the man who wants a favour from the ‘godfather’ is at an angle. The camera then follows the ‘godfathers’ motion as he comes close to speak to the man leading the camera on to the over the shoulder shot again. Over the shoulder shot is used during the conversation. The camera shots stays at 180 degree not crossing the line. As the man walks out of the room there is an Italian song played which creates a happy mood for the man. This leads to the conversation which uses over the shoulder shot.
The suits that are used in the scene represent the intelligence of the men and the colour which is black and has a rose sticking out from the left chest pocket representing the wedding.

The edditing of this movie is simple going because there are not many transtionons used during the analysed scene.

Mirzo Y