To start this film, Inja, we are aware of the relationship of Thembile and the dog. He is young and his only happiness is exerted through the bond they share together. This is obvious when Thembile steals the rope form the flagstaff in order to make the dog a collar. When the white slave owner comes into the picture, we are able to see the cruelty that he shows and proves to Thembile that he is not deserving of any happiness. Making use of the zoomed in shots of the faces of the characters in the story, it becomes very obvious of what emotions are being implied without the use of any words or narration.
Once the white man becomes aware of the relationship, he makes Thembile put the dog in a sack and begins kicking the dog ruthlessly. The white man tells him to take the dog out of the bag so that the dog would think that the abuse was performed by Thembile.
Fast forward to the future, the white man and Thembile are working on a project together putting stakes into the yard. The white man helps Thembile and eventually starts to have a heartattack but due to the fact that he made the dog hate Thembile, the dog protected the white man and the white man says “shoot the dog.” Thembile makes the decision in that moment to shoot the dog. This is evident because the screen goes black and then there is a gun shot sound effect at the end.
The whole reason that I am able to conduct this summary, is due to the fact that the cinematography is produced finely. The expressions that are displayed by the actors in the film allow the audience to conduct empathy. This is an extremely strong point that is played out throughout the entire piece.
Crazy Rich Asians follows Rachel Chu and separately Nick Young. Through their relationship we get to see the difficulties between not the two people, but the families. Nick Young comes from an extremely rich family, the parents not believing that Nick Young should marry Rachel Chu because she is average and cannot contribute to their family at all. Rachel’s mother is supportive of the process, but when Rachel’s mother is exposed by Nick’s mother, along with her hundreds of other attempts to spoil and ruin the relationship between Nick and Rachel, it seems things have begun to crumble down along with their relationship. But all in all, in the end, Nick goes against his mother and Rachel shows Nick’s mother that she is better and more intelligent than what she may think. This results in them getting married.
Now, I am going to compare Inja to Crazy Rich Asians. The differences between these two films is absurd. The use of higher tech in Crazy Rich Asians and the insane effects that they use throughout the film is refreshing and more modern. The way they focus on their faces is very similar to Inja, but there is no silence in the film. There is constant background noise to imitate the scene as if it were realistic. The way the effects and the bright vivid scenes and colors added to this piece, we can see just how lavish these “crazy rich Asians” are living. It’s glitzy and makes you feel like you’re almost rich too. Unlike Inja. Inja for sure makes you feel like you’re watching the worst of the worst. I felt Crazy Rich Asians was a great comparison due to the fact that they are completely opposite situations. Clearly, in Inja, there are worse problems then your rich boyfriend’s mother hating you.
When it came to camera angles in Crazy Rich Asians, we can see that they focus a lot on pans, which I think is super important because it for sure made the audience thoroughly understand how lavish they were living. Showing the scene around them was an important aspect to bring life to the situation.
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