The Godfather Book Vs Movie

Since the beginning, movies have been inspired by many other art forms. However, the literature's works: such as books and novels have had the biggest impact on the telling of stories when translated into the big screen. Certainly not all films that have been adapted from books have been good. Many have been downright terrible. It is actually a rare thing for a book-to-film adaptation to have an end product that is as good as the original work, and rarer still for it to be better than its source. Nonetheless, one cannot ignore the film classics that have resulted from the transition. Especially, the timeless story of a family capable of doing the unthinkable which continues to fascinate new generations. The Godfather, is the crime novel written by Italian American author Mario Puzo and brought to the big screen by director Francis Ford Coppola. While the film is considered a traditional translation, it is regarded as an outstanding work by itself. The story of The Godfather is complex. On one hand we have the world of organized crime, the Mafia or Cosa

Coppola did a marvelous job transitioning between scenes and locations to let the story unfold. The main transition used all throughout the story is a lap dissolve between scenes. Fade-out, fade-in are carefully used when transitioning between significant lapses in time. There’s quick cuts that recreate an apprehensive environment. What is more, the use of parallel editing is visible in the baptism ceremony where Michael becomes godfather to Connie’s son as well as the mafia’s leader. Cuts are included during the scene to show the crime bosses of the other New York Mafia families being massacred. The display of brutal murders stemming from Michael as he renounces evil in the Catholic Church is extremely ironic. It reveals the hypocrisy of his words while displaying the result of his actions. Thus a clear example of contrasting