Boyz N The Hood

Boyz N The Hood

Introduction

Boyz N The Hood and hood was released in 1991. The film was written and directed by John Singleton. The genre of the film was a crime and drama. Main characters of the film are Morris Chestnut as Rickey Baker, Ice Cube as Doughboy and Cuba Gooding Jr. as Tre Styles. The film was a good hit in his times.

Discussion

The film Boyz N The Hood was the first movie under the direction of John Singleton. The movie was scornful and gives insights of mechanics of black culture more specifically relating with South Central of Los Angeles and California from mid of 1980 and early stages of 1990s. Despite focusing only one area of experience of black culture in the city area, the story of the film focuses on the interconnecting stories of three young, who are black and the comprises of the challenges they face at their maturity stage around them. The Los Angeles represented in the film by Singleton is defined as open and there is consistent violence, an evil place, police force is present everywhere, and there is a series of unclear, zigzag and likely deceitful path which is experienced by the residents. Especially the film much emphasis on narrative of multi-story, the effective use of reality of culture to define specific type of character, and posters and signs to define visual characteristics, and these all are used together to enhance the idea and experience of the film. In addition to this the techniques is so perfectly applied which enhances the message of the film which is focused on the unity of black people to end the threat of bloodshed occurred to them from external forces.

To examine the whole film, the review of the overall structure of the film will be more helpful. This would result in better understanding of the message of the film which director delivered to the audience of the film, and also gives understanding of the ways of delivering that message. Also by looking at the movie as a set of interconnected scenes make us draw similarity among the specific scenes in the whole film. It is notable that around one quarter of the film is revolved around the childhood of Tre in 1984. There are various actions that took place in that period with similar moments which is shown in later film. At the initial stage of the film the establishment of the triangular relationship among Ricky, Tre and Doughboy is presented. Particularly, Tre is explained as a neutral party among Doughboy and Rickey. The mise en scene goes with the theme of Tre as being neutral. It is also described in the one of first shots in these three are together, in that shot Tre is in foreground while Doughboy and Rickey are fighting in the background of the scene. There is a parallel scene where the film is in climax, and in that scene Rickey and Doughboy are fighting and Tre is ...