City of God - Edits

A graphic match cut is showing a musical instrument mirroring a blade to show that violence is key to their life just as much as music is.

Flash frame of knife being scraped off of a rock using hyperbolic sound suggests that the movie is quite clearly going to contain violence and that the characters will obviously encounter some violence. Also indicates that death is going to occur.

Camera flash mirrors sunlight again by using a graphic match cut to show that the sunlight is just as important to him as the camera is as if sunlight is the root out of this poor lifestyle.

Immediately cuts to a dark, blue image to show the state of his current situation – a moody, dangerous world with no hope. Then cuts to him behind bars of some sort to show that he is imprisoned and may never escape the lifestyle he currently lives.

POV shots (from the chicken’s perspective) are used in various shots to almost show that the chicken is aware of what’s going around it due to its facial reactions from seeing other dead chickens being prepared as food along with many knives being used. The chicken practically mirrors the main character Rocket’s situation to how dangerous life is where they are currently living and how they both find it very hard to escape. This is also achieved through shot – reverse shots to show that the chicken is in some way able to communicate with its surroundings.