TSOTSI
TSOTSI
TSOTSI is a exceptional film by director Gavin Hood, the film tells the story of a South African criminal whose life changes after a robbery. A young man that goes by the name “Tsotsi” is a street thug, who he and his small crew commit petty crimes. One night during a robbery, Tsotsi shoots a woman while taking her vehicle, little to his knowledge there is a baby in the back seat. Tsotsi faces a dilemma and he decides take the baby with back to his home. Through out the film you see that the baby changes Tsotsi for better, Tsotsi regains his humanity. Gavin Hood did an amazing job on this film, he used lighting, sound,music, flashbacks, and more to communicate the theme and message of the film. Tsotsi is a cinematic master piece with an ending that will surely leave an imprint on its viewers. Director Gavin Hood uses a lot of literary elements, however the most important is the flashbacks the protagonist experiences. These flashbacks helps the audience better understand the complex history of the central character. The first flashback occurs when Tsotsi is running through a field terrified and then it cuts to a flashback of Tsotsi as a child running in field also terrified. Another flashback is when Tsotsi and his are talking and it cuts to them as children living together in a tube. Finally, we see what makes Tsotsi the way he is now; in this flashback we see a young Tsotsi holding his sick mothers hand. His drunken father comes in and demands that he gets away from his ill mother. Tsotsi refuses then he get dragged out by his father; while his dog is barking.The father demands the dog to be silent,when the dogs dosent the father crushes his spine. Traumatized, Tsotsi flees from home and starts his new life on his own. These flashbacks shows Tsotsi’s traumatic childhood and why he is a emotionless criminal. Hood uses very little camera angles in the film, however the ones he uses
TSOTSI is a exceptional film by director Gavin Hood, the film tells the story of a South African criminal whose life changes after a robbery. A young man that goes by the name “Tsotsi” is a street thug, who he and his small crew commit petty crimes. One night during a robbery, Tsotsi shoots a woman while taking her vehicle, little to his knowledge there is a baby in the back seat. Tsotsi faces a dilemma and he decides take the baby with back to his home. Through out the film you see that the baby changes Tsotsi for better, Tsotsi regains his humanity. Gavin Hood did an amazing job on this film, he used lighting, sound,music, flashbacks, and more to communicate the theme and message of the film. Tsotsi is a cinematic master piece with an ending that will surely leave an imprint on its viewers. Director Gavin Hood uses a lot of literary elements, however the most important is the flashbacks the protagonist experiences. These flashbacks helps the audience better understand the complex history of the central character. The first flashback occurs when Tsotsi is running through a field terrified and then it cuts to a flashback of Tsotsi as a child running in field also terrified. Another flashback is when Tsotsi and his are talking and it cuts to them as children living together in a tube. Finally, we see what makes Tsotsi the way he is now; in this flashback we see a young Tsotsi holding his sick mothers hand. His drunken father comes in and demands that he gets away from his ill mother. Tsotsi refuses then he get dragged out by his father; while his dog is barking.The father demands the dog to be silent,when the dogs dosent the father crushes his spine. Traumatized, Tsotsi flees from home and starts his new life on his own. These flashbacks shows Tsotsi’s traumatic childhood and why he is a emotionless criminal. Hood uses very little camera angles in the film, however the ones he uses