The Hate U Give: contexts and key sequences — Eduqas GCSE Film Studies C670
Eduqas GCSE Film Studies · C670
The Hate U Give: contexts and key sequences
The Hate U Give
What you need to know
The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr., 2018): sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between her Black neighbourhood, Garden Heights, and her mostly white private school; when she sees her childhood friend Khalil shot by a police officer, she must decide whether to speak out.
Adapted from Angie Thomas's 2017 young adult novel and made quickly for release in 2018.
Police shootings of Black Americans and the Black Lives Matter movement, and the title's link to Tupac Shakur.
Key sequences to know in detail: Starr introducing her family and neighbourhood, the traffic stop and Khalil's death, and the protest.
Cinematography and mise-en-scène: warm, golden light in Garden Heights against the cool, glassy school, the local school seen through a fence, and props such as Starr's trainers.
Editing and sound: montage, slow motion with Starr's voice-over and no other sound, and hip-hop on the soundtrack.
The few short lines of dialogue that matter most in these sequences, a few words each.
A short worked paragraph analysing one key sequence with precise film terms.
Worked answers with their marks, and practice questions to try, each headed 'Practice question' with its marks.
Quote only short lines of dialogue you're sure of, a few words at a time, and base every point on what happens in the finished film.
