Do the right thing analysis
The first scene begins with a close up shot of Senor Love Daddy's mouth, the top of a microphone, and an alarm clock. The alarm clock, being used as a prop, is making a very loud, annoying, ringing sound. This is done in order to get the viewers attention to the problem of racism. After the ringing stops, we start reframing in, and zooming out slowly, seeing more of Senor Love Daddy and the microphone. There is hard lighting present in the scene. The entire shot has a reddish color to it. A slow zoom and the reddish color are used to show the viewer how hot the setting of the movie is. The color also reflects tension, conflict, anger,and frustration, things that are not being expressed in the film yet. As we are zooming out, Senor Love Daddy says "Wake up, wake up, wake up..." This part of the scene is also is intended to get the viewers attention to the problem of racism. The foreground and some of the middle ground are in shallow focus. This is a get in your face type of shot, letting the viewer know that this movie will be in your face for the next two hours and that the viewer better pay attention to the problem at hand: racism. This shot is solely for the vie
He has a very large church behind him to serve as the background. This shows that religion does not play a serious role in these people lives. Also Senor Love Daddy's workplace is street level. The important aspect of this scene is Smiley talking about the fight against apartheid. We meet Smiley while he is preaching an important message and we see that nobody is there to listen to it. Also written on the bottom of the building are the words "WE LOVE". Lee does this low angle shot to create an amazing and dramatic effect. Next Mookie comes over to bother Jade and wake her up. We see that Smiley is holding pictures of Malcolm X and Dr. There is a large picture of a dollar bill in the corner while Mookie is counting his money. Lighting in this shot is high key, very bright, with few or no shadows in the background. Use of the low angle shot makes the church look huge. We learn that Jade must work a lot since she says Saturday is the only day she can sleep in. This is very ironic since the ending of the movie shows anything but love.
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