How far does the impact of the films you have studied for this topic depend on distinctive uses of film techniques ? [35]

In La Haine there are many different film techniques which determine how a user is impacted by the overall film. Film techniques can influence the viewers perception on the film and the way they view it.

Firstly, camera and character position within the film is very influential, the camera work shows conflict between character of different race. Saïd is almost always positioned in between Hubert and Vinz this could show conflict between they're ethnicities and they're characters - also the fact that Saïd is in the middle also refers to how he brings the three together as a group and how he is the main influence of them all being together - this gives the impact of Saïd's character being the less aggressive of the three. The idea of Saïd being the character that brings the youths together can be seen within the first few minutes of the film where Saïd goes to find Vinz then suggests they go get Hubert.

Hand-held camera is used within the projects to give a life like sense to the film and create a sense of reality for the viewer. This can be linked to the real footage of the riots which was shown at the beginning of the film and which is continually shown throughout the film through tv's. Within the projects a wide angle lens is used which keeps everything in the shot in focus, this shows that they are in touch with their surroundings whilst in the projects - this could be linked to how the three youths know the majority of the people who live in the projects this can be see by how they recognise Mohamed's motor bike just by hearing the engine at the beginning of the film. During the scenes in Paris a telephoto lens is used, this lens makes it so the background of the shot is not in focus which shows a disconnection between the characters and their surroundings whilst in Paris this can be seen on the bridge scene.

The french film is very dominated by american culture - this can be noted through how the main three characters act and how their bedrooms are laid out and also by the music which is played through the film. Hubert's room is very americanised you can see this from the posters around the room and also how he has boxing gloves. The posters around his room show the black power at the olympics and also posters Mohammed Ali which show american influences on Hubert. The music that plays during Hubert's bedroom scene is reggae which could be linked to the fact that he is smoking cannabis also the music genre is very popular within america. There is also a mixtape scene where the camera fly's over the projects - whilst the camera flies over there is a mixtape of Edith Piar playing alongside KRS-One sound of the police - this shows a mix of french culture with american culture. Furthermore when Vinz is introduced the camera zooms on his ring which has his name on it, this is referencing american rappers as they typically have similar styled rings.