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Knockout Ned turned killer

Mise en scene  Sound  Editing  In response to being emasculated by Benny and a girl that rejects him, Lil Ze emasculates the boyfriend of the girl twice; firstly by forcing him to strip in public humiliating him; then secondly raping his girlfriend and forcing Ned to watch. This is also in response to Benny leaving the slum with his girlfriend (Angelica), which Lil Ze resents , believing the girl is taking his only real friend Benny away from him. He is then in a sense  exacting a revenge against Angelica and the woman that turned him down by emasculating her boyfriend and then later raping her.  . The camera is unsteady, the shots are fast, close ups are used = frantic, uneasy atmosphere to encouragement empathy with Ned  . Mid shots to also establish the very public environment and therefore emphasise how humiliating this experience is - Ned's relationship to the environment  . Long high angle shot + harsh spot light on Ned, l...

Football scene City of God

Sound  . Fast paced upbeat music (major key) - a more innocent form of crime, the boys are somewhat heroic, almost painting crime as fun  . This film is a bildungsroman + character alignment  . ready