Do The Right Thing Analysis Essay Research

Do The Right Thing Analysis Essay, Research Paper

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 Daddy says “Wake up, wake up, wake up ” This part of

the scene is also is intended to get the viewers attention to the problem of racism.

The foreground and some of the middle ground are in shallow focus. This is a get in

your face type of shot, letting the viewer know that this movie will be in your face

for the next two hours and that the viewer better pay attention to the problem at

hand: racism. This shot is solely for the viewers, to get their attention. We stop

zooming out once we see the whole microphone. At that point, we start tracking out

and the camera starts moving slowly up, via a crane. We now see the reflection of

the street outside Senor Love Daddy’s workplace, on the glass window Senor Love

Daddy is facing. We also see hats of many different cultures sitting Senor Love

Daddy’s desk. This shows that he respects many different cultures and shows he is

a very open person. Also Senor Love Daddy’s workplace is street level. He talks to

all the characters in the movie like Mookie, Radio Raheem, and the people playing

outside with the fire hydrant. This shows he is willing to communicate with the

neighborhood and also show once again that he is a very open person. He is always

looking outside the window at the community. Senor Love Daddy is not hiding from

anybody. He is the voice of the neighborhood. The camera continues moving up on

a crane until it is at an high angle, and we start panning to the left. While we are

panning to the left we see that Senor Love Daddy works at FM 108. Also written on

the bottom of the building are the words “WE LOVE”. This is very ironic since the

ending of the movie shows anything but love. We pan to the left until we see the

street this movie primarily takes place in. While the camera is at an high angle,

there is a deep focus, extreme long shot of the street, to show the neighborhood to

the viewer and to give the viewer some sense of spatial orientation. The reddish

color is still being used to show the intense heat and reflect the things mentioned

above.

The next scene begins with a high angle, long shot of Da Mayor sleeping in a

small bed in a bedroom. Coming from a broken blind covering the window, are a

combination of amber, orange, and red colors. The colors are shown on Da Mayor,

his bed and other surroundings near him. This is done to show the intense heat of

the setting and to show the frustration and tension still not yet present on the film.

We see that the room is very cluttered and small. It’s obvious that the inhabitant

doesn’t have much money. He is lying down on the bed so still he looks dead; he

resembles a corpse. This is done by Lee to emphasize how ineffective this character

is. Lee wants us to think how ineffective Da Mayor is going to be in this movie, and

how this character is not good for a whole lot. Lee wants us to stereotype him based

on what we see. Next the camera zooms in very slowly. We see a really old radio

turned on, on the left side, and a really old fan that is turned on, on the right side,

that doesn’t seem to be doing anything to reduce the heat. We hear Senor Love

Daddy’s voice coming from Da Mayor’s radio. The radio, along with the tracking

out of the first scene and the zooming in at the beginning of this scene, help ties these

two scenes together. In essence, the linking shot is done with lens movement. As the

camera zooms in, we see the enormous amount of sweat on Da Mayor’s body and

lots of beer bottles on a table by the side of the bed. Next Da Mayor gets up, moves

the blind, looks out the window, and lies back down. This is done to show that it is

one of those days you wish you slept through.

The next scene begins with low angle, medium shot of Smiley. He has a very

large church behind him to serve as the background. Use of the low angle shot

makes the church look huge. Lee does this low angle shot to create an amazing and

dramatic effect. The church has a reddish color due to its red brick construction.

This once again is done to emphasize the intense heat and to tie this scene with the

previous two. We notice that Smiley has

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