analysis of gangster films: bugsy malone

0:00- MSTopless man hitting gongDiegetic parallel synchronous noiseZoom

0:10- T1 "The Rank Organisation" Production

0:13- Black background

0:14- ESStreetLLLNight time

0:18- Crab

0:27- CU drain pipe

0:30- Vertical track down Diegetic sound of water falling and hitting metal bin lid

0:39- V/O of young boy

0:42- CU red sign

0:45- ES streetHigh angleNon diegetic orchestra musicBoy runs across street and fallsC1

0:53- LSLLLBoy with hands on faceHiding

0:55- Zoom CU

0:59- ESHigh angleblack silhouettes running

0:55- LSC1 running and panicking in lane

1:06- MSC2Woman shouting out window in foreign language

1:08- MS C2 trying to climb brick wall in dead-end lane

1:10- ESHigh angleStreet4 silhouettes in vertical line walking

1:13- C1 attempting to climb brick wall

1:14- C1 opens her windowMS

1:16- ESHigh angleStreet4 silhouettes walk

1:18- Angle change4 characters turn cornerLSDiegetic footstepsLLL

1:22- C1 pressed against brick wallLS

1:23- 4 adult silhouettes walk towards himDiegetic footstepsLighting reveals their faces

1:28- C1 pressed against brick wallLS

1:29- CU young boyBlack suit and hatC3 diegetic speechAsks question

1:30- CU C1Bow tie and glassesRemoves top hatScared emotionNods head

1:31- C4 diegetic speech

1:32- CU C1 Nods head

1:33- C5 diegetic speec

1:34- CU C1Nods head

1:35- CU Guns

1:36- C1 pressed against wall

1:36- CU Guns

1:37- C1 pressed against wallShots fired by headIndents in brick wall

1:37- CU Guns

1:38- CUWhite splat hits faceShotV/O begins again

1:41- 4 characters turn and walk away in vertical line

1:45- Freeze frame of characters jumping and clicking heels

1:46- ESC1 walking around cornerTracking across follows him walking

1:52- T2 "A GoodTime Enterprises-Production of-"White writing

1:56- T3 "-Alan Parker's Film-"White writing

2:01- T4 "Bugsy Malone"Film TitleWhite writing

Sound:0:39-1:07, 1:40-1:45 Non diegetic voice-over young boy1:30-1:35 Diegetic speech of 4 characters1:45-2:00 Non diegetic music singing Bugsy Malone

Summary:In this two minute opening of Busgy Malone the audience experiences acomedic approach of a British Gangster. The characters are played bychildren instead of adults, and the guns fire a creamy food, instead ofbullets. The low level lighting and night scene inspires me to use thesame setting. Character 1, the vulnerable little boy, is focused on which

makes us empathise with him. However, he never actually talks.