The Godfather Film Analysis

The Godfather is a film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by Mario Puzzo and Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the novel The Godfather by Mario Puzzo. It stared many great actors such as Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, and Robert Duvall. It’s release date was March 24, 1972. The Godfather is an American crime film, and is considered one of the most iconic movies of all time. The filmmaker communicated his ideas with the viewers through use of cinematography, mis-en-scène, editing, acting, narrative structure, and sound in an outstanding way. The Godfather is about the Corleone crime family and the many problems that arise when being one of the most powerful crime families in New York. The Corleone family is lead by Don Vito Corleone. The film starts off at Vito’s daughter’s wedding, and is taking in requests, since no Sicilian can refuse a request on the day of his daughter’s wedding. Problems begin to arise later on in the film after the wedding when Vito refuses to share his political connections with Sollozzo who is part of a different crime family. He refuses to share his political connections because he doesn’t want to get involved

The director used many elements of mis-en-scène to portray the story of an Italian-American crime family. The filmmaker was able to communicates his ideas through the use of cinematography, mis-en-scène, acting, narrative structure, and sound very effectively. The use of lighting was key in portraying the power that dominant crime families have, in this case the Corleone family. The director used low key lighting, and background lighting all very effectively to communicate his ideas. The dialogue in the film was excellent. It helped develop many of the characters throughout the film. It helps portray the change that Michael Corleone went through. The acting in the film was excellent and the director was able to execute his ideas