Setting includes the location, lighting and time in which a story takes place and initiates the main backdrop and mood for a story. Setting can have great importance in establishing not only physical background, but also mood or emotional intensity. They are strong complicated settings in the movie Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola portrays how power could bring corruption through the usage of setting.
Every time the viewer watches a scene of Don Corleone's office the room is dark and everywhere is silent, but immediately when the viewer drawn to the next scene, the scene gets bright with lots of noise. An obvious example is the begging of the movie. Movie starts in a dark room and the viewer cannot see the angles of the room. Godfather leaned on his chair which is the symbol of power and is listening to Bonasera’s request .There is absolute silence, but right after godfather orders for justice viewer hears loud noises of Conny’s wedding. The setting is representing the ambiguity and mysterious environment of the room and the affect of it on Don Corleone's personality. The same person who ordered killing ruthlessly on his office turns to a kind father who celebrates his daughter’s wedding.
I totally agree with you about how the setting creates the mood for the movie. I would like to add that, the lighting seems to portray more of how the mafia is. Dark and murderous one minute, and the nest bright and joyous. The director wants to let his audience know that the Corleones are dangerous, but at the same time, they are also normal people who have weddings.
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