Film Exam Issues and Debates: KEY SCENE REVISION
La Haine: SCENE 1: - lower : seen as low in the social heirachy - surrounded by bars : viewed as criminal, trapped - only filmed when they become aggressive -There is a high angle and low angle shot (180 degree) suggesting this is a broken frame. It suggests how the boys are looked down upon by the news crew and due to the position of the rail showing the binary between them. Furthermore, it conveys how the main characters are caged in and due to their violent and defensive attitude it makes them appear to be wild animals and need to be locked in a cage. (Suggesting that people from different backgrounds belong in poverty compared to the rest of the French - linking in with context) -The close up of the needle on the floor by Hubert's feet is an iconography associated with crime. -There is irony employed "We're the Future" - inside the estate there is no future. Mise en scene Hospital setting Filled with photographers standing opposite the thr...