Senor Love Dadd Film Analysis

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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 …show more content…

The important aspect of this scene is Smiley talking about the fight against

apartheid. However, Smiley pronounces it "Apart hate" because of his speech

impairment. There is no discrimination officially in the United States, but apartheid

is apparent. Smiley is a combination of races. He 's perfect for this role because he

represents all, not just one. Also he is a very deliberate choice to choose for this

role, because Smiley has a disability. Lighting in this shot is high key, very bright,

with few or no shadows in the background.

In the next scene you immediately notice strong backlighting with a

silhouette of Mookie. The shades on the window are an unpleasant volatile, intense

red. Haziness in shot indicates some sort of filter was used. The filter gives the shot

a murky and mysterious appearance. Low key lighting is used, very strong key light

from back is apparent, and there is little or no fill light. The camera is positioned at

an extreme long shot and the camera height is waist high. This height is used

because Mookie is sitting on a bed. As we move in behind Mookie, we can tell the

shot is being filmed with a hand held camera. Mookie 's wearing a white Bull

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