Rubin Carter's Film, The Hurricane

‘The Hurricane’ director Norman Jewison tells us the true story of Rubin Carter’s encounter with the Justice System where he is wrongfully convicted of a murder and given multiple life sentences. The story turns when Lesra and his Canadian tutors support Rubin and gives him the motivation he needs to fight his case. The director’s insightful use of camera work, costume, and dialogue had a big effect on the audiences understanding and emotions towards the film.
The use of camera work shows symbolism, foreshadowing, and gives the audience a further understanding of the film's ideas. During this shot, we see two metal barred prison doors of either side of the frame. The left-side door comes from outside the prison whereas the right-side door comes …show more content…
The parcel revealed to us a boxing robe, which Rubin put on. He then proceeds to air box in a through the bars shot. The significance of the boxing robe is that Rubin is fighting again and now has hope. To the audience, this gives them the feeling of excitement, hope, and expectation, as now that Rubin is fighting again the story can continue to where he is released. The use of tracking in the first part of the scene where Lt. Jimmy Williams and the Parcel move up and along towards Rubin’s cell combined with tilt shots shows that the parcel is important. This gives the audience an effect of curiosity and we soon see further through the scene that the parcel is very important as in it Rubin is given a boxing robe, a symbol that Rubin is fighting again. This is relatable in the real world because sometimes people need some external motivation to get them going again. An example of this would be if a student gave up on their assignment, you could tell them the rewards of completing it or possibly give them an award. Rewards of completing like getting good results at school and being able to enter tertiary education, which could promise you a job and possibly a well-paid one