How far does the impact of the films you have studied for this topic depend on distinctive uses of film techniques? (35 marks)
In La Haine there is a Close up of Said's face at the end of the film when Hubert and the Policeman are pointing guns at each others head after the policeman shot Vinz. The close up shows Said's realisation that something bad is going to happen and he doesn't want to see it because he doesn't want to believe it so he closes his eyes and scrunches his face up, waiting for the gun shot sound because he knows its coming and there's nothing that can stop it. This gives the viewer the realisation that the film will not have a happy ending and this was the harsh reality of Paris in those times, that in most cases people struggled to ever get out of the projects and away from the violence that they were surrounded by there and that a lot of the deaths there were through violence. It shows that in reality the police aren't always good people and they are just as violent, if not more, as the supposedly violent youths that they are beating up and shooting. The close up on Said's face emphasises the fact that young people are scared of the police. Also in this scene there is a ticking sound in the background, counting down to the gunshot. This sound, as well as the gunshot, happens throughout the film when the digital times come up on the screen
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