City of God Question
"Explore how a deeper analysis of cinematography and/or the aesthetics techniques can deepen a contextual understanding of chosen films" The scene uses cinematography in order to deepen contextual understanding as we watch the same long shot of the apartment through different periods of time at first the camera is placed far away from the criminal activity of Dona Zelia. The first apartment owner as we see her grant sexual favours in the bedroom of the apartment, the camera is between a door at this time showing the distance crime has on the apartment itself which links with the current un crime-ridden Reo at this time. This is also supported by the use of mise en scene in the scene, the setting as we see the apartment is decorated like a family home, with the use of props and the setting we see a table decorated with a table cloth and the walls having pictures and decorations like a family home would. This is due to Dona Zelia's reason or crime being to provide for he