THE CHICKEN SCENE/OPENING:

• Chicken represents that the youth cant escape from the slums, a vicious cycle.

• Trapped between the police and gangs like Rocket, 360 pan shows the conflict.

• Birds eye view of slums shows there is no space

• Tracking shot of the chicken shows there is nowhere to hide

• Blue tint shows that the city is deteriorated.

• Extreme close up of the knife

LIL DICE TO LIL ZE MONTAGE:

• Fast paced MTV style editing shows recklessness of lil ze’s

youth.

• Low angle shows the power of lil ze.

• Good way of showing him grow up.

• Always holding a gun. Shows he’s obviously constantly involved

in crime as it has become the norm for his culture.

BRAZILIAN SCARFACE:

• Crime

• Drugs

• Guns

• Death

• Gangs

60’S

• Golden tint throughout shows how positively they live

compared to the blue tint of the 70’s.

• Open spaces and spaces to play.

• Everyone protects each other and look out for each

other, they commit crime to help other people.

70’S

• Acting older than they are – have to do things they don’t

want to so that they will be accepted into the gangs

• More people moved into the city and it became over

crowded

• Cramped spaces

THE RUNTS:

• vicious cycle: no change

• Kill lil ze to take over the drug business

• work way up in drug trade, work for lil ze

• drug dealers are their role models

• Act older than their age

DID YOU FIND THE CHICKEN?