The Godfather

The Godfather In the opening sequence of The Godfather, we first see the words 'Mario Puzo's The Godfather' this text introduces the film and lets the viewers know what the film is called and the image that is shown is of puppet strings and that they may have some significance further on in the film. we also hear slight music starting to play in the background, it starts playing just before the text fades out. we then see a black screen and the viewer is left playing wondering what will happen next. The music then stops and there is a silent pause for about 2 seconds and with the black screen this creates suspense and makes the viewer even more interested in whats going and why the sound has stopped and why the screen has gone black. A man then starts talking and an image of a man fades in as he is talking, he starts with 'i believe in America' this makes the viewer realise that the film is going to have something to do with America and possibly Italian people as the man talking sound like he has an Italian accent, also the image is only of the man which indicates that the center of attention at this point in the film, we then hear the man talking about his daughter and we get to know more about his life, and all the time we are getting hints of what the film could be about. The camera then slowly moves backwards, and the viewer gets the feeling that they are the ones the man is talking to and that he is telling the viewers his kind story, this makes the viewer interested in what he is saying. towards the end of the scene we start to see another man, and we realise that he is talking to someone sitting opposite him, the man then starts to get emotional and he starts crying, the viewer can then tell that then man is talking to someone of a possible higher authority to him because of the way he is addressing him, and how he apologises to him when he starts to get emotional.