DJ Killa scene

DJ Killa scene

From the opening shot of this scene we see the DJ and from how he’s framed he’s visually entrapped. When the DJ starts to play his music, it’s hip-hop, which originates from America. Showing that he has taken America as a surrogate culture, this is further emphasised with the T-shirt he’s wearing. Which is a Cyprus Hill, a Latino-American band, showing that this is whom he looks up to as the band, isn’t from America and will have to face some sort of white oppression.

This scene also emphasises that one of the few ways that people are able to escape the projects is through music and by making your own music. The only other way of getting out is through sport. This also shows that this DJ is trying to escape the projects through his music.  The music that he plays is a mix between sound of the police, and French music. This use of music is a way in trying to create their own unique identity. This can be further emphasised through the quote “we are sick of their laws, so we made our own.” from the skinhead hunters documentary and was said because the skinheads didn’t want to follow French culture and rejected, and instead made their own.

The shot of the skyline of the projects makes it look like a maze, and difficult to escape. On the horizon there’s nothing, its baron and looks like it’s located in the middle of nowhere. Further showing that it’s impossible to escape. We also from this free flow sequence get the sense that it’s about the hopes and dreams of the people of the projects. They fly high until they realise that they’re in this baron and isolated area.