analysis of gangster films: bugsy malone

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0:00- MS Topless man hitting gong Diegetic parallel synchronous noise Zoom 0:10- T1 "The Rank Organisation" Production 0:13- Black background 0:14- ES Street LLL Night 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 street High angle Non diegetic orchestra music Boy runs across street and falls C1 0:53- LS LLL Boy with hands on face Hiding 0:55- Zoom CU 0:59- ES High angle black silhouettes running 0:55- LS C1 running and panicking in lane 1:06- MS C2 Woman shouting out window in foreign language

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Page 1: 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

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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

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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

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