There are many filming techniques used to take a particular point of view such as the chicken chase scene where the protagonist Rocket is caught between the gang of hoodlums and the police just like the chicken, this is shown by the camera divide. The audience takes Rocket's side as he does not want to become a hoodlum and would rather shoot using his camera than a gun essentially saving him from the city of god curse. This technique is mirrored in La Haine, where Saïd is stood opposite the police showing their clear rivalry. In the opening just before the chase scene the camera flicks between a machete knife and the sounds it makes, this foreshadows the blood and death that will soon follow, its a chase. A chase in which the characters will always be running as they try to escape their threatening urban environment. Certain characters are played off as the hero to start with such as Knockout Ned who embellishes that no one innocent should be murdered but is killed by Otto who thinks the same to him. The audience feel sorry for Shaggy who tries to escape the favela but can't as those who have been sucked into the world of crime and who haven't sought redemption will ultimately die. This is applied to Bene as well, he falls in love with Angelica and searches for a new place to live but as his murderous friend Lil' Ze knows, he will die if he leaves. And even the central relationship of Bene and Ze becomes sympathetic, they have spent all their years together, killing, selling drugs and having fun but due to Ze's psychotic side, 'chilled out' Bene's life is put in danger because they have been born this way, with no choice. The exploitation of cocaine in the later scenes speeds up the lives and movements of the characters and camera angles whereas in the 60's the camera is slowed down with the exploitation of weed. In La Haine, Hubert takes a similar stance to Rocket, he is passive and also wishes to 'leave the estate' and the urban tragedy he lives in.
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