My emotional response to American history X

The first scene that caused emotions for me was the scene where Edward Nortans character stamped on his black attackers head on the curb, the emotions that it caused were for me to be horrified and uncomfortable, these emotions shaped my response as part of me wanted to turn around however i watched because i wanted to know what happened as i hoped someone would intervene. The way the film caused these emotions was through its micro features such as sound as you hear the bone cracking sound as the mans neck snaps also the long shot that was done does not show a massive amount of violence its the fact your imagination can guess what has happened causes these emotions.

Another scene that caused emotions was the scene where the fat man (I forgot his name) was singing an extremely racist and ignorant song my emotion was humour and uncomfortable as what he was saying was wrong however he is so ignorant its funny. My response to these emotions was laughter as he is so stupid i could not help but laugh at him. My emotions were caused by the mans performance as his role is a completely ignorant racist and he pulls it of well also him as a character caused my emotions because everything about him is funny.

My final scene is he scene at the end my emotions were sad as the boy was on a normal path he was not racist and becoming normal so it was a shame for him to get shot as he was putting his life back together. My response was pretty blank to be honest however my emotions made me feel sad i did not want him to die but the way the black men followed him around had a sense of foreboding. My emotions were caused by good cinematography because as the boy turns around we get a point of view shotr of him and his attacker and the only thing that goes through your mind is he's gonna be killed the minute the attacker raises the gun this sense of death is confirmed causing an emotional response.

The experience my emotions gave me through the film were good ones because their were funny bits and sad mits that come in at the right times to empaphise and sympathise with the characters annd in a way makes the viewers expeiriance better as the film fuels your emotions.