The Godfather Analysis

Here is my breakdown of the the movie The Godfather:

 Overall I felt like this was a pretty good movie, I felt like the acting was very powerful and it was a great performance by those that produced, directed and acted and who made this movie what it was. It was a different take on how to protect your family and gave me a good understanding of how things probably were back than and in that kind of a town. Also I felt like it gave alot of good details about how undercover business goes between gangs or private parties/businesses and what people will do for their families and the measures that they will go to keep things running for their families. It was very interesting and informative.
 I felt like the main color in this movie was black, and you could tell those that wore black were part of a group or you could pick out who belonged together and who was in the same family. There were a lot of different colors in the movie that stood out to me that other groups wore where you could tell who was in a different clan and who were against the main family/clan. I felt like different from the movie Amadeus, the color red was significant for power in that movie, where in this movie is showed more violence obviously from all the blood that was shed and brought about. I felt like that was interesting to me as it gave me a different outlook on how colors can have different meanings in every movie.
I felt like the camera movements and the way they used them were really good. A couple things that stood out to me goes along with how shadowing was used. We talked about this in class but in that first scene when you cant even see the godfather and his clients eyes. In another movie that probably wouldn't have worked out so well because I feel like its important to be able to see the persons face because that's how you know what they are feeling and what is going on in that scene. I felt like the camera moved but was stationary when it needed to be, and those were in the intense, dramatic moments where there was alot of talking and dialogue going on, but in the moments where there was shooting and alot of commotion happening the camera moved to where you could see the whole picture of what was going on and who was involved. The big close up I noticed was when Michaels baby was getting baptized, because while that was going on it went up on his face and than you saw all the different killings and murders that were happening. So it helped you see what was probably going through his mind while that ceremony was going on, a little ironic actually.
 I felt like the big overall picture of the film was that family is important and you should do anything to protect them and the name of your family and the traditions that may go on. Maybe not to the extremes like michael did at the ending of the film. But I think the importance of the movie was that at all costs, even if its a big sacrifice you should do everything you can to protect and sustain your family and be there for them at all costs.