The movie Gangs of New York takes place in New York City (1862-63) and illustrates the life of an immigrant named Amsterdam Vallon. The theme of the movie is that it is difficult to survive in an area of immense poverty without engaging in illicit activity.
The movie starts in lower Manhattan in 1846 with an Irish Catholic Immigrant group facing off in a bloody battle natives (traditional Americans) who despise the newcomer. The leaders of each group, Bill Cutting of the Natives and Priest Vallon of the Irish Catholics are each taking down many of their adversaries until Bill Cutting stabs Priest Vallon in the back. Vallon’s son, Amsterdam watches this go down and comes to grieve over his father in the midst of the battle. Bill Cutting sees …show more content…
The height of the story happens on the day of the battle. On that day the New York City draft riots break out and the mob goes around town terrorizing rich people and African Americans. Just as the two gangs are about to fight Union Soldiers are sent to disperse the mob and while doing this they kill and disband most of Amsterdam’s and Cutting’s gang. When the smoke clears Amsterdam and Cutting are lying on the ground; Cutting is hit by shrapnel. When they come to Amsterdam stabs Cutting and kills him. While The movie then closes by showing how New York progresses over the …show more content…
Gangs of New York was not filmed in New York but rather in Italy where the film crew built a 1 square mile neighborhood to act as the 5 points. However in some scenes like the last one in the movie they added in some shots of New York. This was a technique where they tricked the viewer into thinking that it was filmed in New York when it was in fact filmed across the Atlantic. In addition the film crew added in some shots where there was snow on the ground to show New York’s harsh climate. Another thing the film crew did too sell the time period is the use of cameras; the crew used lower quality cameras so the film would not look as modern. (3). Gangs of New York used a lot of smoke in their scenes to illustrate New York at that time period. In the 1860’s there were constantly fires raging and smoke would fill the sky. The movie uses a lot of camera movement in battle scenes to show the chaos of a true battle. Gangs of New York also uses cinematographic techniques to enhance the characters’. The movie uses an extreme close-up on Bill Cutting to show his patriotism as his eye is shaped like an eagle. To make the viewer feel like they are in the scene the movie uses some shots were Bill Cuttings is talking to someone and the camera moves to make it seem as if he is talking to the viewer. This use of camera
The movie starts in lower Manhattan in 1846 with an Irish Catholic Immigrant group facing off in a bloody battle natives (traditional Americans) who despise the newcomer. The leaders of each group, Bill Cutting of the Natives and Priest Vallon of the Irish Catholics are each taking down many of their adversaries until Bill Cutting stabs Priest Vallon in the back. Vallon’s son, Amsterdam watches this go down and comes to grieve over his father in the midst of the battle. Bill Cutting sees …show more content…
The height of the story happens on the day of the battle. On that day the New York City draft riots break out and the mob goes around town terrorizing rich people and African Americans. Just as the two gangs are about to fight Union Soldiers are sent to disperse the mob and while doing this they kill and disband most of Amsterdam’s and Cutting’s gang. When the smoke clears Amsterdam and Cutting are lying on the ground; Cutting is hit by shrapnel. When they come to Amsterdam stabs Cutting and kills him. While The movie then closes by showing how New York progresses over the …show more content…
Gangs of New York was not filmed in New York but rather in Italy where the film crew built a 1 square mile neighborhood to act as the 5 points. However in some scenes like the last one in the movie they added in some shots of New York. This was a technique where they tricked the viewer into thinking that it was filmed in New York when it was in fact filmed across the Atlantic. In addition the film crew added in some shots where there was snow on the ground to show New York’s harsh climate. Another thing the film crew did too sell the time period is the use of cameras; the crew used lower quality cameras so the film would not look as modern. (3). Gangs of New York used a lot of smoke in their scenes to illustrate New York at that time period. In the 1860’s there were constantly fires raging and smoke would fill the sky. The movie uses a lot of camera movement in battle scenes to show the chaos of a true battle. Gangs of New York also uses cinematographic techniques to enhance the characters’. The movie uses an extreme close-up on Bill Cutting to show his patriotism as his eye is shaped like an eagle. To make the viewer feel like they are in the scene the movie uses some shots were Bill Cuttings is talking to someone and the camera moves to make it seem as if he is talking to the viewer. This use of camera