The Godfather

The use of color was very well done. The movie had a very dark color scheme.

The shots were framed very well. Most of the time the characters were in the "sweet spots" where the lines intersected and in parts that involved violence the person that was in control was on the left.

The use of shadow is fantastic! It makes Don Corleone look so menacing and a force to be reckoned with. The shadows worked really well in the opening scene where they were talking in the study. I think it was a lot darker in their because that is where Don Corleone does most of his evil. Then on the outside at the wedding, everything is bright and fun.

The camera was mostly stationary.

The extreme close up was used during scenes on both intense and not a lot of intensity. Like the close ups on Don Corleone in his study really showed the shadows and his facial expressions. Then when Michael guns down the Turk and the Police Captain it shows all of his anger and revenge for his father.

This film is important because it shed new light on to the Mafia. It really opened the public's eye. I think it was successful because of how engaged you got with the story. When Sonny was beating up his sister's husband you felt like you wanted to cheer him on. Or when Michael killed the Turk and the Police Captain, you were in shock but at the same time you were like "That was really awesome!"

The external goal is becoming the new Mafia Don and rising up to power.

The internal goal is payback for trying to kill their father and making the Corleone name great again.

The theme for the Godfather is, blood is thicker than water.