Goodfellas Essay

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GOODFELLAS

Goodfellas was released in 1990 and directed by Martin Scorsee. It is a crime/thriller and biography genre film. (Giannetti, chapter 2). In the beginning of this movie, the first scene is a flash back that takes place in the soon to be revealed middle of the film. Henry Hill, the main character, narrates most of the movie. The story is about Henry Hill's life story with his journey into becoming a gangster. Henry belonged to a low income family and he started working at a young age. His first job was working at a pizza shop that was owned by gangsters. Through this job, his dream to be a gangster was created.

NARRATIVE: Goodfellas movie is an example of classical paradigm. This is because this movie has a clear beginning, middle …show more content…

In this movie Ballhaus uses darkness. For example, In the bar scene where henry, jimmy and other security guy discussed to steal the money. Ballhaus want to create atmosphere evil and full of secrecy. Which is successfully represented through those scenes. (Giannettig.pg68) In this movie cinematographer Michael Ballhaus used a lot of sequence shots. In first scene, where Henry take Karen to a nightclub and as they leave their car and Henry tipping a valet outside the club and they start walking toward back door of the night club; down the stairs, as they passing through narrow space Henry commented on the couple who were chatting at a corner then walking through kitchen and camera was behind them all the time. As they pass inside the nightclub where a table is just set for them in front. The purpose of this using long shots is to create realism sense for the audience. Moreover, there were other shots like extreme long shot, In this shot henry was teenager running away from the explosion. This shot help audience to know about risk involved in the lifestyle of gangster. There were also different angles used in this movie for instance high angle. In this scene, henry was laying down and his wife Karen pointing a gun at him. This angle show the powerless henry lying and audience see that his wife Karen has

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