1. 9 Frame Analysis‘Donnie Brasco’
The first scene we see is just a black
screen with tense music playing in a
minor key, unlike most noir films there
is no narrative over the top. There is
also some white writing in a block
capital font which says ‘MANDALAY
ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS’ this
immediately lets us see who has
produced this film.
We then skip to black and white extreme
close up of someone’s eyes, this person
appears to be concentrating on something
or someone elsewhere. We can assume this
person is ‘Donnie Brasco’ because a name
appears as soon as this characters face
appears.
We then skip to another black and white
image of a group of men all of which are
wearing similar attire. This frame is
interesting because it makes it look like
we are looking at images from a camera
film.
From this frame we skip to another
frame which is a close up of a mans face,
immediately we think that this man is an
important figure due to the persona of
the people around him. He also has a
very stern face and this is our
stereotypical Mafia Boss.

2. We then skip to an average close up of
In this frame we see the same character
This frame shows the first bit of color

3. The sequence then skips to a frame
who appears to be the mafia leader
and possibly the person who
organized the crime. As the colors
have returned to black and white we
are back with the cold theme and the
cold hearted killers.
The last shot of the sequence is a new
setting in which we have not seen
before however the lead characters are
still focusing and concentrating, this
suggests that no matter where or what
time this character is present he is
always focused and on the job.