The Godfather

In this scene of the Godfather the camera is constantly angled over Solozo and Michaels shoulder at an obscured angle. This reflects the paranoia of the two as they are both intently watching each other.

When the waiter is opening the wine bottle the noise is non- diegetic as it is exaggerated to emphasise the silence in the room between the two men, this makes the audience respond because they can feel the constant tension between the two characters Micheal and Solozo.

When Michael comes back from the toilet he has a gun with him, he sits back down with Solozo and the camera turns to a close up of Michael to increase tension as he has decided to kill Solozo - this is because Michael knows that only one person is going to leave this meeting either him or Solozo, he knows what he has to do because he is now trapped - Solozo's voice fades out and the train sound becomes more apparent to the audience as it gets louder and louder the more nervous and closer to killing Michael gets. This was purposely put in place by the directer so that the gun shot is masked. When Michael shoots Solozo the gradual increase of volume reflects Michaels fear, the camera tracks towards him before he kills him making the audience understand Michaels position, this effect of the camera makes Michael look like he is having an adrenalin rush.

After Michael shoot Solozo he throws the gun behind him and rushes out, Michael is shocked from what he has just done because he was never going to become involved in the family Mafia, he was an outsider to all of this.