Textual Analysis – City of God Opening Sequence

• Knives – Danger
• Depicts violence
• Music – Juxtaposition – Diegetic
• Title, Forecast
• Main character
• Death, Chickens,
• Chicken – Rocket
• Chicken escaping favela
• Chicken tied up, bound
• Worried Chicken
• Malnourished chicken
• Laid back, Party Atmosphere
• Blood, foreshadowing
• Chicken Hunted
• Shooting the chicken
• Chicken chased by police car
• Narrowly avoids danger – symbolic
• Guns show danger
• Slow motion signifies important event
• Police, stand off