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In four pages this paper analyzes how the director makes powerful use of pro-filmic elements in this memorable scene near the conclusion of the 1972 film. Three sources are listed in the bibliography. TGprogod.rtf
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not merely comprised of speech or language but also contain nonverbal or visual cues. Such elements are powerfully used in photography and in cinema. French cinematic theorist Christian
Metz pioneered the notion of semiotics, and conceptualized the pro-filmic as a particularly significant element. The pro-filmic "refers to everything placed in front of the camera to be filmed"
(Gunning 19). As in mise-en-scene, the director carefully selects and arranges the images to convey a specific narrative intent (Gunning 19). Director Francis Ford Coppola was and remains
a serious student of film and revealed the depth of his understanding of pro-filmic elements in the 1972 Academy Award winning film, The Godfather. One scene in particular near
the films conclusion - which features the new Don or head of the Corleone family Michael and his wife Kay serving as godparents at the christening of his nephew and
namesake while the systematic killings are carried out per Michaels orders - is a powerful example of a pro-filmic event (Nelmes 75). In this scene, the way the
images are sequenced and presented comprises the pro-filmic event. These visual images are linked together by the haunting sounds of a church organ and the heavily accented voice of
the priest, which allow for "not only contrasting the pious words of the protagonists with their actions, but also establishing the contemporaneity of the action" (Nelmes 75). The organ
fugue is the one constant from the very beginning in a succession of images that offer dramatic cutaways from a methodical religious christening to the systematic hits that are taking
place at the same time. While the priest conducts the baptism in Latin - which suggests that the christening participants are devoutly religious and also references the Corleones Sicilian
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