19th September

Narrative;
Propp's Characters? - Why?

Do they follow the CHN?
-BME
-Stock Characters
-Psychological motivation
-Cause/Effect
-Binary Opposition

A2- CONTEXT AND MESSAGES - WHY HAS IT BEEN DONE?
Directors- wants to get their message out

Narratives are similar in different cultures because of old folk stories.

Todorov- Equillibrium

1. Equillibrium
2. Disruption
3. Recognition
4. Repair
5. Reinstatement

Levi Strauss- Binary Opposition

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La haine-

Kassaitz- critical and political 

Challenges the narrative

Realistic characters
Propp's theories vs. Realist approach
Vinz-bad boy, aspirational gangster (taxi driver) KEY SCENE- Mirror
Hubert- helper, vigilante, reformed hero
Said- sidekick

Saiid- point of view
When his eyes close, the film ends
Weak, imasculine
"so far so good", has not yet fallen into the viscous circle
It is repeated at the beginning and the end
Challenges his weak character as he is the last person standing alive
Hubert- Said- Police man = trapped in the middle

The film happens in 1 day
Cycle, clock, one day, the world at the beginning
"So far so good", eventually it will end bad however they reassure themselves

Vinz is white, he escapes the beating in the police office

Battle of the Algers- France invaded Algeria
The Satif Massaca- killing civillians
Binary opposition- French and Algerian
You get a mixed view
Hipocracy of assimilation- liberty equality fraternity

2 people killed who influenced the film
Introduction- documented riots

Themes-
Fraternity
Entrapment
Violence- police

Film Narrative Timeline- Cause and Effect

Equillibrium, Disruption & Resolution?
From the beginning of the introduction it is clear that there is no equilibrium as the opening credits show the riots and violence happening in France. The disruption occurs throughout the film, so it does not follow Toldorov's theory. Near the end, the audience are made to think their will be a resolution, however the main characters get shot. By not having a closed resolution to the film it reminds the audience that 'stories' like this are still happening.

Hubert following fraternity ends being shot, and Saïd is shown to begin the cycle at the end.

Cause & Effect?
Although there should typically be good karma, as Vinz does not use the gun for bad there is not so it doesn't follow the usual cause and effect structure. Instead the characters are shown to be in a circle, which is caused by the political situation rather than what they do.

Timeline

-Abdel a friend of the main character Vinz has been brutally attacked by a police man before the riots and is now in a coma

-Police loses his gun

-Vinz finds it, and vows to kill a police if his friend dies in hospital(gains respect)

-Said meets Hubert, a black boxer and introduces him to Vinz

-They go to Paris- having trouble with police throughout their trip

-They are informed that Abdel is dead

-They go to a roof top gathering and are confronted by plain-clothes policemen and then racist anti-immigrant skinheads

-Vinz goes to carry out his vengance, however he cannot do it

-Early in the morning the trio split up to go home however, the same policeman that Vinz had previously insulted.

-The policeman kills Vinz, and following this Hubert and the policeman shoot each other.

17th September

Cultural context
The directors point of view and how it effects the film- internet, books, other films, interviews

NEXT LESSON: CITY OF GOD BACKGROUND AND CULTURE

Narrative- look for events and metaphors to events
Pans Labyrinth- fantasy events, metaphorical

Types of narrative- hollywood
Would we be surprised to find that global film use hollywood narrative?
Does it follow as global cinema if it does?

The characters drive the narrative.
Motivation
Propp- Fairytale- Pans Labyrinth
Propp doesn't apply to La Haine
La Haine uses realism

5th September

1.) what makes the character a hero "stock character"?

Saving the country/world- universal appeal

US protectors- super powerful 

All men 

Sacrifice and morals- your interpretation of what's good and bad

2.)why are costume and style important?

Make clear who's the villain and hero

Style lets you know the genre of film and the franchise (marvel)

3.)who are we aligned with?

The hero because we see him go through a struggle and watch him overcome it

4.)what is being re-presented?

Saving the world 

We need a protector 

Conflict is resolved through war and violence

We do not negotiate with terrorists 

3 films from 1 franchise.

Captain America

Iron man

Transformers

The audience are made to think that they should let people fight for them

Captain America is a personification of America- it is your protector and trustworthy 

Technology, money, intelligence- the American dream

Conclusions - they use the films to justify their actions

French Revolution - 

People with the money didn't pay taxes deep debt due to funding the American revolution 

Third estate said they would leave and make their own national assembley 

Abolished privileges for nobles 

Women's march forcing King Louie to move to Paris 

3rd September

Assimilation is the act of people conforming to another culture so they do not get discriminated against.

People that keep their own culture because of it being respected or their own choice is multiculturalism.

La haine clip- forced assimation because their culture is not accepted by the police 

Four lions clip- forced assimilation by terrorists 

Cultural diversity 

DEBATE-

Multiculturalism has been tried throughout history 

There should be a combination of both 

Learn about other cultures, become open minded 

No diversity.. Except class

If there is assimilation with culture the original ethnicity will always be higher in class 

France=assimilation 

1.the history of French immigration 

2.the characters and key events of the film 

3.the modern attitudes in France 

La Haine & Assimilation