Goodfella's Film Analysis - First 2 Minutes.

Mise-en-Scene:

Smart dress with 'bling' to show wealth, power and respect.

Cigar to represent being rich and classy.

The text sets the time, date and location.

The car is to show wealth of the owner.

The setting is a close knit community which could mean family or mafia.

Editing

Normal cuts, which are easy to follow so you can focus on the storyline, they also help with continity.

Jump cuts which are fast when action is happening.

Lighting

Low key lighting with the gangsters, to make enigma.

High key lighting in the day when the mood is happy.

Camera

Pan down the street, shows us the locations.

Handheld in the house to resemble the frantic family life and involve us so that we're part of it.

Extreme Close Up- intensity of character.

Extreme Long. --> Long --> Mid of gangsters which introduces us to them.

Close up of Paulie Cicero to show his importance and power over the others.

Sound

Cars --> To make the viewer think of crime, rich and wealth and it fits in with the genre.

Scene 1 is fast paced.

Momentary stop in music to accompany the narrative.

Diagetic --> The keys, cars and the family life.

Conventions met

Establishing shot.

Non-diagetic music - sets the tone, mood and location.

--> lyrics hint at the films course.

Diagetic sound - sets the scene.

Low key lighting for gangsters sets a tone.

Narrative from main character --> gives a prologue.

POV shot.

Text used to establish time, date and location.

Titles and credits.