Temporal Editing. Jump cutting. Spacial editing. Rhythmic editing. Cross cutting. Zooms. Non-diegetic sound. Diegetic sound. Semi-diegetic sound.
For the purpose of this blog I will be analysing various elements of film form utilised in the opening sequence of Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund’s City of God.
Early in the clip I noticed the use of spacial editing. Shots are placed in a sequence which suggests that the actions of a chicken being prepared to eat and a chicken in distress being submitted to watch the act are happening simultaneously.