The weather can often set off the atmosphere very well, such as rain can set off sadness, fog can set off confusion and mystery, and so on. And "Do What You Should", although it is not the first movie that "uses the heat of summer to set off the surging conflict", it can definitely be said to be the best movie in this regard, and it is also the best movie of this movie. Awesome place.
The film uses various audio-visual means to make the feeling of "hotness" everywhere in this film, such as:
——The color of the building is very saturated and full of energy. In fact, according to Spike Lee, the colors of the original buildings in this community were relatively mild, and they deliberately painted very rich and aggressive colors to fit the atmosphere of the film;
- dazzling, saturated color, intense sunlight;
——Use the pleasure and coolness of being washed with water to contrast the heat (such as the scene where a group of black people washes white cars with water for fun. If I remember correctly, there are many scenes of this kind of flushing on the street to cool down);
- Even in places where the sun can't be seen (like indoors), there are many elements to set off the heat. Such as fans, fans, lines, clothing, body movements, sweat on people and so on. These elements are greatly magnified and emphasized through a large number of wide-angle (close-up) lenses and a large number of tilt, elevation, and top-view lenses, thereby enhancing the "hot" feeling and thus making the "undercurrent conflict" feel even more overwhelming come.
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