Analyses of ''City of God''

On Tuesday's lesson we have watched an opening scene of "City of God". The opening of the scene was very dark and the titles appear in white writing. No music at first just the writing on the black background. The connotation of the scene is when the scene opens and we see a knife that someone is holding and sharpening it.  We start to think that some strange thinks are happening and at first we not so sure what is going on. That's when we come across the enigma code because it keeps us concentrated on the scene and makes as want to know what is going to happen next and why is the moment shown relevant.
When seeing the opening of the scene the audience get an idea of disequilibrium as we can see the knife being sharped which doesn't feel like something positive will appear next. After short time the audience start to get a more positive understanding of the scene as equilibrium comes up which is the positive music in the background suggesting that the knife doesn't appear to us or its not going to affect our attention in the wrong way. Within the scene there are many different shots and angles used in order to make bigger impression on us. There is extreme close up used just at the beginning of the scene of the knife being sharped which makes us feel a bit scared or unsure of what to expect next also there are few flashes within the shot so we get an impression of fear. Another shot used in the scene was a close up on the chicken and the vegetables being sliced which gave a bit more understand of what was going on. Another shot that we come across during these few minutes of watching the scene is a wide shot of the area and a close up on the chicken again looking around. The first scene of the "City of God" really concentrates and shows the audience the chicken as main part of it and we watch it carefully once is being chased. For this moment the big close ups and wide shots has been used the most in order to show the chicken being chased as a main part and the people who actually want to catch the chicken. I also noticed that there has been few long shots used in order to get the audience a bit more familiar with the area that the scene took place in. Also the shot angle was a birds eye so we could see it from above. This might be because we need a better understanding of what kind of people are they that appear there and why they care so much about the chicken and maybe to find out something about their culture. 
Just at the very end of the scene we see a chicken in the middle between a group of people and a boy standing trying to catch the chicken. At this point we can tell that there are bad people in the group opposite as they hold the guns against the boy on the other side. This can mean trouble and it can be life threatening for the boy standing or the chicken. The denotation of the scene can be that there is some violence involved and the knife at the beginning of the scene might be the best example of it. The whole scene has made me think os what to expect next and if the chicken can symbolise anything.