American Gangster is from the Gangster genre, as it contains strong language, strong drug use and strong violence. Its target audience is mainly adults.
The first shot is a close up of the back of a mans head, with someone else pouring something over his head. The next shot is a two shot, which reveals that the man is being poured petrol over; it also shows that the man is tied to a chair and is shouting and jumping to get out of a sticky situation. The shouting tells the audience that they are in an isolated place as no-one is replying to his cries.
The following shot is a mid shot which consists of all the characters in the scene; this shows the audience who the victim and suspects are. In this case the victim is the man tied to the chair and the suspects are the other three characters. This shot also shows the importance of Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), as he is wearing casual clothes, where as the other two victims are wearing smart suits.
A synchronous sound of police sirens tells the audience that the location may be a city, as most crimes occur in cities.
Backlit lighting is used in the scene; the lighting is caused by the headlights of the parked cars.
A close up of Frank Lucas lighting his cigar is shown, this may symbolize something as petrol and fire are not a good match. The camera than tilts up to his face and shows him taking a puff of the cigar. The next shot is a two shot of Frank Lucas and one of his accomplices, Frank Lucas then throws the lighter at the suspect. A medium shot of the suspect burning is then shown, with a close up of Frank Lucas’ face showing his reaction to the man burning to death. The close up of Frank Lucas taking a puff of the cigar before throwing the lighter shows he is confident about what he is doing and is not nervous about what he is doing at all. The two shot of Frank Lucas and one of his accomplices’ returns, but this time Frank Lucas shooting the burning man. The close up of Frank Lucas’ face also returns, to show the audience his reaction to the suspects death, the camera than pans towards one of his accomplices. The scene fades to black and ends.
Non diegetic music is used throughout the clip, to build up tension for the audience.
Simple editing is used.
The first shot is a close up of the back of a mans head, with someone else pouring something over his head. The next shot is a two shot, which reveals that the man is being poured petrol over; it also shows that the man is tied to a chair and is shouting and jumping to get out of a sticky situation. The shouting tells the audience that they are in an isolated place as no-one is replying to his cries.
The following shot is a mid shot which consists of all the characters in the scene; this shows the audience who the victim and suspects are. In this case the victim is the man tied to the chair and the suspects are the other three characters. This shot also shows the importance of Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), as he is wearing casual clothes, where as the other two victims are wearing smart suits.
A synchronous sound of police sirens tells the audience that the location may be a city, as most crimes occur in cities.
Backlit lighting is used in the scene; the lighting is caused by the headlights of the parked cars.
A close up of Frank Lucas lighting his cigar is shown, this may symbolize something as petrol and fire are not a good match. The camera than tilts up to his face and shows him taking a puff of the cigar. The next shot is a two shot of Frank Lucas and one of his accomplices, Frank Lucas then throws the lighter at the suspect. A medium shot of the suspect burning is then shown, with a close up of Frank Lucas’ face showing his reaction to the man burning to death. The close up of Frank Lucas taking a puff of the cigar before throwing the lighter shows he is confident about what he is doing and is not nervous about what he is doing at all. The two shot of Frank Lucas and one of his accomplices’ returns, but this time Frank Lucas shooting the burning man. The close up of Frank Lucas’ face also returns, to show the audience his reaction to the suspects death, the camera than pans towards one of his accomplices. The scene fades to black and ends.
Non diegetic music is used throughout the clip, to build up tension for the audience.
Simple editing is used.
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