City of God - Scene Analysis

City of God

The beach scene within the film COG, shows the idyllic beach location of Rio, which prior to watching the film, is what we as an audience expect to see. The beach scene represents how this film meets audience expectations through existing ideologies we have upon Rio, such that there are many ideologies people have upon Rio, however the idyllic beaches of Rio are the most recognisable feature of Rio. As a result the film, is reinforcing our current beliefs therefore not challenging us as an audience, and simply offering a POV, which we already had. However, the film depicts the incorrect idea that the within the beach scene, that the problems are removed when the film is shot outside of the favelas, which we know depicts an unrealistic view that the problems within Rio are solely created from the favelas, and not through political influences which created the underlining issues to begin with.