After watching a clip from the movie 'The Godfather' we were asked to answer the following question:
Identify visual parallel and contrasts, also explain what effect do they have, and what they mean.In 'The Godfather' many Montage editing was used. An example of this in the short clip we watched is when there were several cuts going from the church and when other family heads were being killed. I think that this makes the killing scenes stand out a lot more because of the visual contrast, at first you have the church where its all peaceful and you see the baby which symbolizes innocence. It then cuts to the killing scene which is the total opposite to what the audience just saw on the screen. I think that this also makes Al Pacino look more powerful because the edit cuts from the innocent baby which looks more fragile and weak to the fight over power.
