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

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In the film La Haine the films most distinctive technique for me is the continuing 3 shot of Saïd, Hubert and Vinz. It shows the strong bond between the 3 and there loyalty to each other. It displays a hierarchy  where in who ever is in the middle is the leader or the peacekeeper, almost like a pack of wolves with Vinz being the 'alpha' to start with, Saïd becoming the peacekeeper and finally Hubert being the voice of reason, this ties in strongly with the theme of animalistic nature. When Vinz and Saïd are pinned down by the police, Hubert makes a decision to help them out as they must all stick together when they're backed in to a corner. Hubert becomes more active whereas Vinz becomes more passive.

 The ticking clock shows how short life actually is and how so much can happen in 24 hours. The time is limited and this circles around the main theme of feeling trapped, how long will Vinz be able to control his anger in that time period, in a lot of the scenes the boys are not doing anything because they're unemployed youths and so time stretches before them. In the ending scene the clock goes forward by 1 minute, it only takes 1 minute to start a big conflict. The clock represents revolution- this ever turning wheel of mixing race and revolution.
At the end Saïd re-opens his eyes which is a good technique for me because this means that we see things from his Point of view, it becomes a new environment, things are not always Black and white ( a  good use of colour in the film, also linked to race and equality)

In the elevator scene, they're are insulting the man coming down and so the camera shows the man essentially coming down to their level. They insult his support of Le Pen which shows more political unrest and lack of opportunity for the boys. The continuing sound of police sirens indicates that they are always around which again fuels this motif of being trapped and in danger.

In this clip particularly Vinz day dreams that he has shot a police officer- the film technique here for me was that even though it was a dream it felt like a catharsis that he had finally done what he wanted to do (as he vowed to kill an officer if Abdel dies), in the movie as a whole he often dreams about dancing and having a better life this could be because of how the media has impacted him and has made him believe in fantasy, we as an audience know that he wasn't even holding a gun but as an illusory character it feels like a personal relief for him. This is supported by the use of TV screens in the background when Vinz is throwing punches in the air, he has learnt all his violence and everything he knows from the TV, when they want to turn off the Eiffel tower but say 'that only works in film'. Despite that they use Hubert as the voice of reason when it comes to shooting (the director) because he knows that Vinz would not actually shoot him just to get his anger out even though he has become de sensitised to violence. Because of the riots that actually happened in the 1990's I feel like it's justified and that the characters are being persecuted for being in this life of poverty and entrapment.