These two shots are from the City Of God and they are an example of Cross-cutting which is cutting back and forth between two scenes and in this scene they are cutting from the chicken chase to the two young boys walking to show both cuts are related as they meet further on in the scene. The meaning of this edit is two show that the young boy is the solution to the gangs problem as he is able to catch the chicken. Also, by cross cutting the director has placed an emphasis on how the protagonist differs from other young men of the favela. They are in a gang whereas he is walking with only one friend.
These edits are examples of reverse shots and the meaning of this is to show that both link but they are different as they don't share the same frame which implies that they are different types of people and it also empathises isolation.
This shot is a slow motion edit which changes the pace of the sequence and lingers on this frame. The meaning of this is to show the importance of him in the narrative and to show he is the antagonist.
This shot is an eyeline match as the chicken is looking directly at the feathers and this is meant to imply that the chicken knows that he is next and that death is imminent and this is trying to imply that this might happen soon to the protagonist.
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