me and you
“Goodbye, and eat my dust!” in the excitement of a cheering crowd, and finally at Gary’s funeral when it is sung as a funeral dirge by his old team-mates as they farewell their friend. The song evokes emotions of exhilaration and excitement in the first two instances and a depth of sadness and honour in the last instance as it is sung slowly and quietly; with reverence. We are left grieving with the characters.
This film uses techniques such as camera angles, music and dialogue to make us respond emotionally to the film and to the themes portrayed. As a result it shows us the destruction caused by racism and also that race doesn’t matter and can be set aside for the betterment of humanity. We are all people, we are all the same. By appealing to our emotions, we are convinced of this film’s strong theme and the message that human life is one unique whole that can set aside difference to succeed.
Remember the Titans directed by Boaz Yakin is a film set in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. At this time the first school was being integrated and neither race was happy about it. This film tackles the theme of overcoming racism and uses techniques such as camera angles, dialogue and music to evoke a strong emotional response from the audience.
In the beginning of the film, the white and black members of the team hate each other. Both sides have preconceived ideas about the other. The whites don’t want to “Play with any of those black animals” and the blacks don’t want to integrate either because they don’t trust “your people to be honest.” One scene where we seen this clearly is when Alan and Petey are forced to learn about each other at the football camp. They are sitting on opposite sides of the shot, facing each other like adversaries. Dividing them is a path running between them up towards a big traditional-style door to the centuries-old buildings of Gettysburg College. This path represents the tradition of racism in America between blacks and whites all the way
This film uses techniques such as camera angles, music and dialogue to make us respond emotionally to the film and to the themes portrayed. As a result it shows us the destruction caused by racism and also that race doesn’t matter and can be set aside for the betterment of humanity. We are all people, we are all the same. By appealing to our emotions, we are convinced of this film’s strong theme and the message that human life is one unique whole that can set aside difference to succeed.
Remember the Titans directed by Boaz Yakin is a film set in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. At this time the first school was being integrated and neither race was happy about it. This film tackles the theme of overcoming racism and uses techniques such as camera angles, dialogue and music to evoke a strong emotional response from the audience.
In the beginning of the film, the white and black members of the team hate each other. Both sides have preconceived ideas about the other. The whites don’t want to “Play with any of those black animals” and the blacks don’t want to integrate either because they don’t trust “your people to be honest.” One scene where we seen this clearly is when Alan and Petey are forced to learn about each other at the football camp. They are sitting on opposite sides of the shot, facing each other like adversaries. Dividing them is a path running between them up towards a big traditional-style door to the centuries-old buildings of Gettysburg College. This path represents the tradition of racism in America between blacks and whites all the way