Boyz in Da Hood Analysis

Camera: In the beginning the camera zooms into a stop sign, indicating that if your coming into the neighborhood you should stop and turn around. It also represents ideas of the violence in the area needing to stop. When showing off the crime scene a wide angle shot is used, this indicates the magnitude of gun violence in this community and shows off how small the kids are compared to this problem.

In the classroom when the teacher was incorrectly talking about thanksgiving the camera showed everything else in the room apart from the teachers face. This indicates that when children are taught incorrectly about history they just have to deal with it and the teacher who is wrong can just get away with it.

The use of framing creates a rivalry between the two boys in the classroom, and shows them off as two important characters with differing views and opinions. Finally the fight between the boys in the class is foreshadowing to their possible future if they keep acting the way they do. The transition between the classroom fight and then the men playing on the street is a indication of how they might end up.

Sound: Use of diegetic sound in the beginning - gun shots and dialogue. The gun shots instantly create the idea of a rough neighborhood and signifies a change in tension. The crying and screaming of a kid shows how children in these types of rough neighborhoods are exposed to gun violence and will probably lose family members. At the crime scene the use of suspenseful music shows curiosity from the kids, and then the use of a sound bridge to the classroom shot shows the kids curiosity about learning about thanksgiving.

In the class sirens can be heard outside, this creates the impression that kids are not even safe at school due to the magnitude of violence in the area. This further creates the idea that kids are exposed to everything from violence to mourning death from a young age.

Mise En Scene: One of the main 2 boys appears to be more educated and better dressed than the other, showing that he possibly comes from a slightly wealthier background than his mate. The tonnes of scattered rubbish on the streets shows a lack of care in this community, and how the residents don't respect their community. The stop signs is warning off visitors so they don't make the 'mistake' of going into the neighborhood, as well as the lack of care and violence needing to stop too.

The high-key lighting shows off the fact its morning and the kids are walking to school.

Bullet holes in the posters portrays the idea that the people are angry about the way they have been treated by their government. This idea of mistreatment is backed up with the lack of care in the streets and the lots of rubbish still left around.

Editing: In the beginning facts and statements are edited in giving a little context and meaning behind the rough neighborhood. The kids are given the most screen time in the opening creating the impression that they are the main characters in the film, especially when walking to school. The use of quick transitions when in the crime scene helps create suspense in the scene. At the end of the fight scene the shot fades out to a shot of a street fight, showing how the kids might end up growing up like.