1) The opening sequence of Bugsy Malone uses establishing shots and camera techniques like crane shots to set the scene of an abandoned street at night. Sound effects like a crying baby and dripping water further set the atmosphere. 2) A character named Roxy Robinson is introduced in a state of panic, shown from a high angle shot to portray him as less important. He is chased down an alley by an unnamed gang and trapped with no escape. 3) The film's producer name is shown before the title to give the audience confidence in the quality of the film. Character Bugsy Malone is seen throughout the title sequence to set up his central role in the story. Flash forwards during the titles give the

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Assessment 2-Detailed analyses of Bugsy Malone (0:00-3:20)
To start of the opening sequence there is a
commonly used Ident, which is the
company ‘The Rank Organisation’. This is
used to identify that this film was published by
a British company. The Rank Organisation is
best know for the entertainment they provide to
their viewers, they became fully defunct in
1995.
There is a soundscape used for the company’s logo, and there is a specific
soundtrack theme, which is a sound of a dong this is classed as diegetic sound, as
the man in that part of the film can hear the dong.
During the opening sequence of Bugsy Malone, different camera angles are
shown straight away. At first there is
a high angle shot, which turns into a
moving crane shot. Showing a view of
overhead of the abandoned quiet
street, at the dead of night. This could
symbolise to the audience that as first
it may all seem quiet, and mysterious
but also a sense of being worried
should kick in for the audience. This
crane shot could also mean that at
this point in time in the film there is a person that has a lot of power watching
over the streets.
The mise en scene of the beginning sequence is a classic neon light that is most
commonly used in noir films; this gives the effect of the time
in which it was set in. For the colours used in the mise en
scene for the background is dark colour such as grey and
black, where as the neon sign is bright red and this makes it
stand out the most. The décor of this scene would be the old
type car that is placed at the side of the road; this would be to show that although
the street is abandoned now, it is not always abandoned as someone will use that
car. Theoretically it will just be prop and probably will not actually run, as that
specific car is not shown in use.
Setting the mise en scene at the beginning of the sequence time would be set at a
night; the place is an almost dark alleyway, which is leading to different back
streets, and apartments. During the beginning the lighting is quite limited this is
because it is set at night, there is just a light showing from the background, which
is quite mystified. The limited amount of light is to draw the audience towards
the brightest part, and the action is about to come from that direction in the
scene.
The soundscape used at the beginning of the scene is asynchronous, diegetic
sound this is of a baby crying. The crying baby signifies the time of day in the

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opening sequence. There I also a sound effect, it would be non-diegetic sound at
first before the next scene. As in the background from the distance the audience
can hear dripping water, and this sound is more emphasised, as it is the loudest
soundscape at that point. This could imply that as it is in the background the
audience should be focusing more on where the sound is coming from, because it
gives the feeling that something is about to happen, no one as of yet knows what
it would be, but they know it’s got something to do with the water. It could also
be used to set the time of day, as it is quiet and not many sound are noticeable.
When the characters are then
introduced it is a continuity edit this
fully links the scene together to set the
story. First when the narrator starts he
gives the audience the character’s
background this is the character that is
in a panic mode.
The camera angle for this first shot is a
high angle, extreme long, establishing
shot. This is again in the street that was original abandoned however the action
now was beginning .As there is still a high angle It shows that this new character
is of lesser importance to the film, and is subordinate.
The extreme long shot is to make sure the
audience knows what exactly is going on, and
by the characters body language it is clear
that he is afraid and panicked. This will be the
reason for the extreme long shot as the
audience must be able to see the full scene in
which the next characters will appear after
this character. This implies that even though
this is a public place where people live it is
not safe, and never will be in that city. The
character is afraid which shows that the
audience must understand that the characters that show up next are no to be
messes with, they can take you out if you don’t follow there rules.
The sound used is non-diegetic sound, and a soundtrack of stings are used .The
stings are used to give the scene a dramatic effect and build up the tension in the
film ,also a sense of danger and a shock should kick in for the audience now they
know something bad is going to happen. This was a quick change from the quiet
abandoned street, were no danger was. The stings were only used for a short
amount of time for the running away in panic, however they stop to show the
audience the character feels safer as he found a hiding space, even if this was just
till the gang caught up with him.
The narrator Fat Sam is introduced just before the Roxy the new character, and
this is to give the audience a background story about the character. The audience
will need this extra information seeing as they are only young. Fat Sam is there to

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be a voice over; he helps the audience understand more about what has
happened in the film. He is also speaking like he is retelling the story, such as a
flash back. The story is introduced straight into the middle of an action scene,
which is there to draw the audience in straight away make them want to know
why he has been killed, and who are the gang that killed him.
The character Roxy Robinson is not portrayed as a very dominant character, he
is more vulnerable as the audience would notice. The character is seen as clumsy
as he trips over his own feet, although he is in a panic mode. He can be seen as a
coward as he is running away from his problem instead of staying and facing
them. Also he doesn’t come across very smart as he gets trapped in a dead end
,which makes the audience think he doesn’t know his way around that much,
otherwise he would know which places he was safer at.
This camera angle is a deep composition; extreme long shot .The deep
composition is used because it is important that everything is in focus ,as it
shows that the character has no escape at this point in time.
The mise en scene setting for this scene shows a character trapped in an alley
way. He is literally trapped in the
alley way, giving the sense that he is
never alone there is always someone
there to watch over and observe him.
This gives the audience the feeling
that this character has done
something wrong to get on the bad
side of people, and now he is going to
pay for it. This links into the noir film
as in those days the film was set in, people use to get hunted down and killed,
and it could be public because everyone was scared to say which exact gang had
done the crime.
The décor of this scene are boxes placed at the side which could be people’s
rubbish. This could symbolise the character soon belonging to the rubbish as he
is about to be killed and just left in that dark alley way with the décor. The
character Roxy Robinson’s costume shows that he is not as important in the film,
as his costume in quite dull and makes him blend into the background. This
could mean that he is not in the group that is killing him as he is not wearing the
same things. He is wearing a suit, waste coat, and a bowler hat, meaning he has
money .This however could be his problem because he has to do certain things
which are not yet known to get his money.
The lighting for this scene is again dull and limited but this is a typical for a noir
film. It could imply that as the surroundings are dark and hard to make out, that
Roxy’s life is now hard to see, and doesn’t have a very good final outcome. His
performance is over exaggerated this is because of the target audience, which are
young children to young adults. For the children to understand that Roxy is fully
trapped and is now in danger, he has to look very vulnerable in his performance.

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The next characters to be introduced into the scene, are the mysterious gang .As
this scene is still set in the alley
way the mise en scene is exactly
the same, relating to the décor
,and setting. However the
characters costumes are different,
because they are a gang, which
means they wear all the same
colour suit which in this case is
black, they all have a bowlers hat
on and are very neatly dresses. This shows they respect their appearance and are
seen all around and are known so they must keep up their appearance. Their
appearance is not sloppy which could symbolise that any job they perform in this
scene its murder, they make sure it is done professionally and no lose ends are
left.
Most of the gang characters have nice shaven faces, there is only one which has
facial hair this might be because of their age or to show that they keep on top of
things, and never let something get out of control .It could be there facial hair, or
just people needing keeping in line.
They use props which are guns, although not real guns as when they used them
pie came out but in this instance it is meant to be a bullet. However with the
audience that is watching a real prop bullet would not have been appropriate.
The sound is diegetic and
synchronous sound, as the
footsteps are heard when the gang
moves closer to Roxy Robinson.
This would also be a sound
perspective for the audience, as the
footsteps are heard getting closer
and closer with each step. Roxy
would also hear the steps along
with the audience so the sound is used to make the audience fear for this
character. When you can hear footsteps it is never a good sign, as it means that
quiet no one is around to help the character. All he knows is that really soon the
gang will have caught him, and all that running was no use, he realises this after
the footsteps.
Once the gang catches up with Roxy there is dialogue soundscape but this
dialogue only comes from the gang
members, Roxy is speechless and cannot
speak. Showing he’s subordinate to the
gang, they have took over the power.
Roxy knows trying to talk himself out of
this situation will never help ,he know
this gang in front of him and he knows
they show no mercy.

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The props the guns have a synchronous sound, and sound effects. The sound
effect would be the multiple gun shots. The fact that there was multiple gun shots
show that the gang is unpredictable, and are not skilful as shooting people so the
just get trigger happy with the guns.
The characters are a gang in this case, and none of them seem like individuals.
They come across as reliant on each other as they all finish each other’s
sentences .And they seem like they have been together for a long time as they
know at which point they need to speak.
The camera is a track movement shot, deep focus composition, long shot. Having
a long shot is very important as it lets the audience see the main character in full,
so they get to know his style .Deep focus composition is used because the
audience gets to experience the types of places that the character hangs out, this
lets tem figure out whether he is the bad guy or the good guy. The camera needs
to follow this character as he is the main one ,so he should be shown the most
even if it is just him walking.
Bugsy’s facial expression changes throughout the title credit scene, because it is
him in all the parts of the film, the bad times and the happy times. He uses facial
expressions to get across to the audience his feeling. His performance also goes
along with the expressions .Him wiping his head then carrying on shows he
seems a bit fed up and is just plodding through life right now. The lighting is
brighter that it was in the alley ,as Bugsy is in more of public space were
restaurants are open. This sets the time of night at around 10-11pm.His costume
is like the gangstas ,although the audience can tell he is different because he is on
his own ,he doesn’t need to feel the dominant one all the time.
The soundscape of this scene in non-diegetic, and also a soundtrack of a theme.
This theme has been specially made to go with this film ,as the titles go along
with the music, and the scenes that come up go with the feel of the music.
The character Bugsy Malone seems very busy and know a lot of people as he
ends up in every scene. He is friendly as he looks like he is getting along with a
lot of people, yet he can get on the wrong side of people as well, maybe with not
meaning to.
When the titles are finally
introduced into the opening
sequence first the produces name
comes up. The film’s producer name
is shown before the name of the film
this could be because if the produces
name is mentioned the audience
knows his films are good. Giving
them a positive attitude at the start
of the film. The next thing to show up is the title of the film, which links up with
the music ,as the films name comes up when the song says ‘Bugsy Malone’ .

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White is the colour of all the titles this is, because with it being a noir film the
background is dark ,and the titles must be bold .This being because if it wasn’t
for all the people listed in the titles the film would not have been possible. The
main character at first is just there in the background setting up the next scene.
When a new title comes up a new scene comes up, almost like a flash forward.
This is for the audience as they are
young and need to know what is
going to happen so that they watch
more to find out how Bugsy got
there. These flash forwards are for
the audience to get an idea of which
characters are coming up when the
film begins. Once the titles have
finished it goes back to the first
scene which it started on, for the film to official start with dialogue.