2. Signature actors
Martin Scorsese and the actor Robert Di Nero have had bond throughout their
careers, Robert Di Nero has been in a grand total of 8 films together, most of them
weโre films of the crime genre. The 8 films are Mean Street, Raging Bull, New York
New York, Taxi Driver, The King of Comedy, Goodfellas, Cape Fear and Casino.
Joey Pesci hasnโt been in many films as Robert Din Nero but he has had his fair share
of involvement in Martinโs films such as Goodfellas and Casino
These 2 actors are signature actors for Martin, and they are well known for
participating in Martinโs films
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3. Raging bull
Raging Bull stars the signature actor Robert Di Nero as the protagonist. The
opening starts off in a slow motion where the character is getting ready to fight.
The music in the background is jazzy like. We also see that the opening is in black
and white. We also find out that the character is establish first in the scene where
he is getting ready to fight. The character seems to be isolated because heโs
surrounded by the ring on his one. The location is New York because we see a
establish shot of it in the next scene. The opening is in a steady cam style. The
audience in the background is out of focused because its blurred, the central focus
is on the protagonist. The title in the opening juxtapose with the music.
4. Taxi Driver
In the opening of Taxi Driver we hear a jazzy music in the background. We see
the establishing shot of New York through the characterโs eye but we can tell the
protagonist in this case Robert Di Nero is tired due to the establishing shot being
blurred, the lights being blurred out tells us that the location the film is set is in
New York. Itโs an out of focus shot. The get introduced to the plot before it has
been told due to the action of the character. We see a extreme close up of the
characterโs face expression and from that we can tell heโs tired.
5. Similarities in these two movies
We recognise that these two films are by Martin
Scorsese because of the characters who star in his
film, Robert Di Nero is the main character we see in
nearly every martin Scorsese film, such as Raging
Bull and Taxi Driver, heโs the main Character in those
films. Another character we see in some Martin
Scorseseโs films is Joey Pesci.
Throughout the openings
of these two films we
establish that both films
are located in New York
due to seeing lights and
famous land marks. The
music in the background
is normally jazzy like
The characters in the films are all isolated, they are
different to other characters for example in the opening
of Raging Bull the character is isolated in the ring
because heโs alone and surrounded by the ring. In Taxi
Driver we can the tell the character is isolated and
different to other people because he canโt get no sleep.
Another similarity we
see in the openings of
Martinโs films is the
use of a out of focus
shot, we see the
background being
blurred out.
