He Got Game Screening Report

He Got Game

1. Relate what was discussed in class or the text to the screening. The topic in class was lighting and the film presented was “He Got Game”, an American sports drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington. The class discussion was lighting and how it is used in films to present a type of emotion to the audience. These different types of lighting include high key and low key, which were primarily used. Low key mostly present during the scenes in the prison and on the outside court. Soft light was used in the scenes for more emotional moments and hard light for intense moments.  Halloween light was used and silhouette light as well during the basketball scenes when making a shot to create more suspense to the hoop. Color was also a main factor in the film, which included red, blue, and green.  
2. Find a related article and summarize the content. In searching for “He got Game”, it came across it is about to be its 20^th anniversary. The article, ‘A look at Spike Lee’s “He got Game 20 years later’ written by Will Digravio, goes in-depth of what this film truly represents I believe. He begins to identify the main character who is Jesus Shuttlesworth, and how he is taken advantage of by his family, friends and coaches, for he is an honest man and wants nothing more than to succeed and play basketball. During the film, the audience gets to see how basketball transcends to athletic competition when Jesus’s father, Jake, challenges his to a game of one-on-one in trying to gain his trust and during this father/son battle shows “about pride, self-respect, earning what one wants and has, and understanding what lineage means.” The film also shows how big businesses and capitalism corrupt professional basketball and overshadow the purity of the game and the exploitation of young athletes, especially poor, black athletes, is presented well in the film. “A Look at Spike Lee's 'He Got Game' 20 Years Later.” Film School Rejects, Film School Rejects, 24 May 2018, filmschoolrejects.com/a-look-at-spike-lees-he-got-game-20-years-later/.
3. Apply the article to the film screened in class. How did the article support or change the way you thought about the film, director, content, etc.? Over all the article I read gave more insight to what I believe the film represented. Those the film itself had confusing moments, especially the final scene when Jake, Jesus’s father, throws a basketball over the prison fence into the stadium at Big State and Jesus catches it and drains a shot. Seems to be symbolic but truly did not make much sense. 
4. Write a critical analysis of the film, including your opinion, formed as a result of the screening, class discussions, text material and the article. Lighting is an important factor in film. It can be used to manipulate the scene create more drama and emotion. In this drama, the low-key lighting was used and so was the soft lighting. The film overall gave good examples of how lighting is important and used primarily in films.

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Name: ____Andre Perez_____ Date: __May 31, 2018__