City Of God
Analysis of Rocket from the 'City Of God' Following Rocket, in the 'City Of God', we see visually the story of how the slums of Rio de Janeiro develop and are impacted by the fear and violence of gangs. At the beginning of the film, the sound is a mixture between diegetic and non diegetic. The environment of the city and a voiceover of Rocket talking about the setting adding extra information and exploiting issues within the City of God. "We came to the City of God hoping to find paradise." Within this sequence of the film, the time period is set during the 60s. The drug choice at the time was cannabis. With the use of mise-en-scene, this information is shown through the earthy colour palette and natural surroundings of the city. Other techniques, such as editing show this too as a more gradual speed and quite slow of cuts and transitioning to different shots. "But for the rich and powerful our problems didn't m