The Film The Godfather

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The film The Godfather was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, produced by Albert S. Ruddy and it’s a classic film from 1972. The families of the Godfather are getting into a new drug and political trade, facing hard challenges and obstacles that come their way. The Godfather passes away and Michael the Godfather son becomes the leader of the family. Michael then hire men to shot five different family leaders which help solve all the problems. The movie uses Close-up shots because the director wants to tell you about the importance of the person in the movie. Same way with the Two-shot and Trio-shot the director shows throughout the whole movie makes it feel like it’s something serious. The director uses this kind of view point a lot in the movie,

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