Technical Analysis on the Goodfellas

The first two minutes of the film contains many camera angles and movements. However most of them are the same shots. Most of them are medium long shots to medium shots. And the camera movement was mostly panning. This was very effective though because it makes the viewer feel like they are in the sequence with the characters. It also uses some quick flash shots of characters which is used to show their reaction of the gunshots and stabbing. The camera makes the film seem more realistic. They do not use music in the sequence. The only use diegetic sounds like talking and animals outside. Only at the end of the sequence there is joyful music to add emphasis and some humour to what the person is saying. The opening also uses a quick information title screen to set the time of the film.