Film Review

Boyz N The Hood

This was the first time i had watched the film and i found it quite enjoyable overall. The messages that were displayed in the film were interesting in the sense that some of the topics are still relevant today which shows us the audience that society hasn't really progressed much from the time the film was created.

In terms of the film itself, i felt that it lacked the action that you would expect in a film that concerns gangs There was a lot more dialogue and scenes where, in my opinion, not much was happening. however, during those scenes there were a lot of foreshadowing to future incidents. the film is produced and written in a way to get the audience to think about the deeper meaning of what is being shown/said in each scene. personally, i thought that this was a clever way to raise enigma codes within the audience.

The mise-en-scene in this film was well done. The costume of the characters were not over exaggerated as you would see nowadays. It almost seemed as if it was so effortless as everything, such a the setting and the lighting looked very natural. The high-key lighting that is used to get rid of harsh shadows for the majority of the film adds to the effect of making everything look more realistic. This helps the audience in identifying with the characters. The lighting was high-key even when it was a negative scene, however this was compensated by the other factors of the film such as the editing, where the pace of the scene was slowed down and the cinematography showed a lot of medium close ups and medium long shots where we could still see the action but also some detail of the scene.