Analysis of John Singleton's Film Boyz N the Hood
The director and screenwriter of the 'Boyz N the Hood.' John Daniel
Singleton. The 34 year director, who was born January 6, 1968, in Los
Angeles, CA. This black African-American director who won several
awards as a screenwriting students at USC. Singleton's assured a
directorial debut, Boyz N the Hood. An urgent, powerful coming-of-age
tale, the film found a spark of hope amid its bleak, violence-ridden
south central Los Angeles setting and become one the top-grossing
feature ever made by a black filmmaker, because singleton was the
screenwriter this film really reflects his ideas and preoccupations.
The story that singleton is get through to us is about, the mother of
Tre styles (Desi Arnez Hines II) in Boyz N the Hood, think that it is
best for the Tre to live with his father Furious styles (Larry
Fishburne,) so he can teach him how to be a man. As he grows into his
teens, his best friends are half-brother, one an athlete, the other
drifting into drugs and alcohol. They've know each others for years -
and have steered clear, more or less, of the gangs the operate in the
neighbourhood. They have gone there own ways. But there is always the
possibility that words turn to insults, that insult will lead a need
to 'prove their manhood.' Somebody will be shot.
The main and central character if Tre styles, son of Furious styles.
Who is a clever boy, but has a quick temper after making a promise to
his mother, Brenda not to fight in school and breaking this promise
would mean that he would have to live with his father. So his father
can teach him how to be a man. This shows the way th...
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...is some mise-en-scene of location in the first twenty five
minutes like in the alley away were the shot took place the night we
see poster of a the president of USA (Ronald Regan,) he was a gun
friendly president which show that this area there is a lot of guns on
the street. There are many connotation used in the First Twenty-five
like the one-way sign when the children are cross in the street,
showing that there all heading the same way I this neighbourhood which
in jail or been killed (probably by a black man,) also we see a STOP
sign and aeroplane, singleton is showing he want people to stop this
tragedy and the aeroplane shows people escaping from these areas'.
There is not just a main theme to this film, but there are many themes
such as black on black violence, education, responsibility and
attitudes to women.
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he sees his father as strict, but not overly demanding. He seems to begin to
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but has a mind of a child. They are the main characters and are two
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MASLIN, JANET. "Boyz N The Hood (1991) Review/Film; A Chance to Confound Fate." Movies. The New York times, n.d. Web.
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From the extensive Movie Theme Index List found at textweek.com, the following themes were distinctly identified in the film: