SHAFT

Shaft

In 1971 the film shaft was released into the world of cinema, it was the first mainstream film of a black African American director and star. This film goes from the general to the particular, which is a when the protagonist comes out and the camera makes him look tall and powerful by using a low angle shot. The camera movement also shows he is powerful because he walks through all the cars/taxes and the streets of traffic and does not care. The titles which are used in Shaft are red which symbolises danger, blood and passion.