How far does the impact of the films you have studied for this topic depend on distinctive uses of film techniques?

In the film City of God the use of the handheld camera creates a more personal experience for the viewer as you feel like you are watching real footage from their lives which is clearly seen in the scene from the movie where Lil-Ze and his gang are trying to have their photo taken but they don't know how to use the camera. The camera shots begin from an outside perspective then the scene cuts to the perspective of the camera that they are trying to use and the camera pans 180 degrees overhead so that you see Lil-ze and the other gang member who are passing the camera and trying to figure out how it works. This is a very significant action done as it tells the audience that the gang members do not know how to use a camera which shows how abnormal it is in their world to use a camera where as they can all shoot a gun but cannot shoot a camera. This highlights the issues of living in poverty in Rio as cameras are seen as a luxury item that is used by the upper class where as a gun is seen as an item for people in poverty as they have to join gangs and be able to shoot guns in order to survive so the fact that they do not know how to shoot a camera which is shown through the panning shot over the head through the point of view of the camera. This is very opposite to the audiences normal world as in 'our' normal world we all know how to shoot a camera and it is abnormal to shoot a gun which really highlights the difference between what we view as normal and what the lower-class people in Rio view as normal and that the abnormal is their way of life. The hand-held camera makes the film very real