March 30, 2012
Green Street Hooligans
The movie Green Street Hooligans is a fantastic film for those who are into movies about gangs. The movie follows a gang, or a "firm" as the members like to call it, of a professional soccer team in England. Professional soccer in England is like nothing seen in America regarding passion for the sport, these people live and die by how there teams are doing. Every soccer club has a firm, and these firms compete against each other, mostly in the form of fighting. Without a good firm, a soccer club can lose a lot of respect. The film technique I picked up the most usage of was camera. Brawling was a very large part of this movie and the camera played a large role in making the viewer feel as if they were actually in the brawl. The camera twisted and turned during the fight panning from fighter to fighter every second or so. When someone got clocked really hard or knocked out, the camera would have a low angle on the person who threw the punch to indicate power. The camera also used a lot of low angles on the firm that the film was based on, the firm of Aston Villa. These angles were meant to have the viewer slightly intimidated by these men and also show that they were in power most of the time.
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I can agree with Dan that Green Street Hooligans is an amazing movie. Following around a European “firm” shows a side of soccer which most Americans have never even thought of. The entire movie interactions, fights and even deaths, between the firms of West Ham United and Millwall build up to a final fight scene. The scene contains lots of film techniques which add its impact on the viewer. The scene begins with sort of peaceful, slow music. The viewer can see both firms walking toward each screaming in anger, but the sound is drowned out by the music. As they run at each other the camera shots switch to tracking, panning, and a general bouncing of the camera. Strikes with weapons such as wooden bats and metal rods are amplified above the music, although the music is the loudest sound throughout. The length of shots is very short and changes between different parts of the fight. Close and extreme close shots are used to show people and the ground and injuries sustained. Long shots show what looks like 100s of people fighting. The overall feel of the scene is chaotic, but feels very weird with the music in the background. All the fighting stops when someone dies and everyone stops, simply staring at the ground. The music which was on throughout is used to show what people are thinking. It creates a feeling of shame and guilt. The techniques used here help control the speed of the plot and atmosphere the viewer senses.
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