Cinematography

ALI G INDAHOUSE 

Warning! this video contains sexually explicit scenes.

Opening sequence

The opening sequence contains a bird eye view shot of the city and cars driving along the highway. then exits with a pan upwards to capture the protagonists face. Ali G is then introduced by coming in a convertible. the use of wide shot occurs a lot in this scene to create the setting for the film. It then follows up with a chase where there is extreme fast pace of different camera angle shot e.g as Ali G fires a gun. when he saves the kid the camera shakes creating a distorted effect which makes you feel as if your in the scene then slow motion is used to make it more dramatic and cinematic. After ALI has no ammo left in the gun the firing squad fire at him and the bullets are penetrating the walls but luckily he stops each one a variety of shots are established to make it more funny and realistic. some shots don't match the scene but this what makes the opening sequence really funny because people don't expect that and that what makes this movie a comedy. The opening sequence is really strong as they use all types of shots e.g at the beginning they used a crane shot which is really rare.

Sound Analysis

Lucy 

The diegetic sound in this film clip is the sound of nature as Lucy travels there is a different atmosphere in which cuts off the sound genres e.g the dinosaur in the beginning started to roar but the audience would expect some non diegetic sound such as fast paced music but the scene just cut off which makes it more realistic as it feels like your at the specific . The non diegetic sound is the gradually building up of the music which makes it parallel to the scene and the shift in time delivers a variety of old/new music so the audience can guess what time the scene was set. This specific part of the movie is so cleverly put together its really hard to guess the contrapuntal sound as all the sounds used actually fit the scenes but i think there was contrapuntal sound when Lucy was visualising the galaxy but still really hard to guess the contrapuntal as it fits many genres such as horror action but lacks comedy so funny music would be contrapuntal.There is really less voiceover from Lucy as she is amazed by the atmospheres but the character that wants to shoot her. There is so many sound effects which really enhance this scene such as the flashback and membrane noises make it seem really realistic and frightening. The sound bridge runs throughout the whole scene which breaks up the music drastically. The idea of having many scenes and shifting in sound genres makes the scene look really professional and creative.