Do The Right Thing by Spike Lee - Journal Entry 21 Xiongyue Yu

Do the Right Thing – Spike Lee

 

Spike Lee's famous comedy movie, Do the Right Thing, has been released for more than thirty years now, Spike Lee's works in these decades may fluctuate from time to time, but this movie is firmly regarded by many people as a timeless classic. Even in today's film industry, it still has the same charm and unique characteristics, and is ahead of most works of the best. Because Spike Lee in this film, in addition to the wonderful display of the plot, but also the use of many professional and advanced film performance techniques, from the visual and narrative point of view to enhance the entire film's artistic and expressive power.

 

While there has been no shortage of films focusing on race in the United States, this film is unique in that it takes a reversed perspective on the issue. Such a perspective adopts a point of view that allows everyone to empathize with the subject of race from the perspectives of many different characters, telling a dialectical view of that sensitive and serious social topic.

 

First of all, the soundtrack of the movie is closely related to the plot and the emotions of the characters, which is the same as the style of most concept films. Secondly, the warm atmosphere of the film is implemented, not only in the use of weather to create the background of the film and the advancement of the plot, but also in the accentuation and contrast of colors to symbolize the emotional conflicts between the characters and the gradual racial tensions. At the same time, the film also uses the camera angle changes to show the emotional state of the characters. All these subtle elements and highlights are serving its theme, all in a subtle way to bring the audience into the struggle and conflict that is gradually heating up at that time.

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