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Do The Right Thing Flashcards

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Opening scene:
Mise-en-scene

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Cultural Clothing (Hoops)
Red background
Red lighting (heat)

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Opening scene:
Cinematography

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Tracking
Heat ripples

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Opening scene:
Editing

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Montage of shadow boxing

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Opening scene:
Sound

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‘Fight The Power’- Public Enemy
Created for the film (authorship)

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Opening scene:
Themes/Representations/Context

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Themes- Racism
Representations- White superiority
Context- ‘Forty acres and a mule’ slavery, Reagoanomics- deindustrialisation

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Wall Of Fame:
Mise-en-scene

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Da mayor’s outfit is dirty and poorly kept

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Wall Of Fame:
Cinematography

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Blocking of Buggin Out by Sal
Hand held

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Wall Of Fame:
Editing

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None

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Wall Of Fame:
Sound

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Reggae
Jazz
‘I’m going to kill someone today’

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Wall Of Fame:
Themes/ Representations/ Context

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Themes- Racism
Representations- Police microaggressions
Context- MLK and Malcolm X- Smiley

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Breaking Walls:
Mise-en-scene

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Pino has a white vest- he is pro-white

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Breaking Walls:
Cinematography

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Eyeline match cut to the shoe
Dolly zoom towards Mookie

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Breaking Walls:
Editing

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Montage of breaking the 4th wall

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Breaking Walls:
Sound

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‘I respect those who respect themselves’
‘5 hungry children crying for bread’
‘Jew’- Koch
John Turtorro added his own script

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Breaking Walls:
Themes/Representations/Context

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Themes- Inequality, racism
Representations- Everyone is as bad as each other
Context- Larry Bird- White basketball player. deindustrialisation, ethnic diversity, brecht

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Rising Tensions:
Mise-en-scene

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Sweat

17
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Rising Tensions:
Cinematography

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Zoom In
Lampost turns on when Mother Sister thanks Da Mayor

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Q

Rising Tensions:
Editing

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Repat action for love

19
Q

Rising Tensions:
Sound

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Boiling water
Little kids get older, old people get older

20
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Rising Tensions:
Themes/Representations/Context

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Themes- Racism
Representations- Stereotypes
Context- Ghettos

21
Q

Climax:
Mise-en-scene

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Nike trainers show modern day lynching

22
Q

Climax:
Cinematography

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Low tilt angle
Close up on dangling feet

23
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Climax:
Editing

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Repeat action on hate

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Climax:
Sound

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‘Hate’ Malcolm X

25
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Climax:
Themes/Representations/Context

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Themes- Racism
Representations- Stereotypical police violence
Context- Police Bull Connor(Firehoses), Michael Stewart (1983)

26
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Production Contexrt:

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Declined 10 million from Paramount as they wanted him to change his ending (riot scene). Accepted 6 million from Universal

27
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Authorship:

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-Same Actors ‘SLJ’
-Theme Of Racism
-Dialogue ‘Wake Up’

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