Opening sequence research number 1:Godfather

The Godfather-opening sequence

Francis Ford coppola

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBfMikOuv2U
The scene starts off with a guy in low key lighting he is clearly italian of of
a closely related ethnicity We can tell this by the looks of the man and the dialogue
that he is using.The low key lighting on the introducing of the character is to show
that there is a mysterious way about the character.this intrigues the audience.Then
the godfather is introduced with even lower key lighting.we can not see his face at
all because its an over the shoulder shot and the camera does a reverse creep
shot to eventually show the office that they are in and reveals another character
which is a woman that seems to cater to the godfathers needs. The low key
lighting and camera shot used are very effective for keeping the godfather hidden
and unknown for bit. The males clearly have dominance within the scene.however

we can tell that the godfather has the most authority as the guy is asking for his
help.The guy who is in distress is given some kind of drink. We can tell this is most
likely alcohol or some kind of beverage because of the size of the glass.
The general gangster conventions are used to meet the stereotypical
gangster theme. These include black suit.This will definitely aspire our production
as we will definitely include black suits within our sequence.
I believe the target audience would be an older generation as the whole film is concentrated on violence and revenge. I also think it would appeal to the male gender rather than the female.