La Haine- word associations

• Bleak- shot in black and white so that no colour can be seen, the projects are unwelcoming to those outside of it, filled with an overall violent atmosphere to the area which. 

• Hopeless- being surrounded by peers that have violent attitudes raises the other youths to have a life of violence. Vinz hopes to be arrested in order to be accepted into the "gangs" more, he has been surrounded by this violence so much that it is the only future he has to look forward to as he does not know anything else. 

• Pessimistic- focusing on the worst aspects of the projects, looking over the positive aspects of it (Hubert's boxing gym, helping youths move away from violence and using their time for something else). 

• Menacing- the excessive use of guns and violence gives off an intimidating feel to the audience. The film gives a negative stereotype to those living in areas such as the projects and youths such as Vinz, Saïd and Hubert; because of this they are portrayed as threatening and violent. 

• Tense- the increasing amount of suspense being built up throughout a variety of scenes cause the audience to feel tense at certain points. For example, in the last scene tension is built up as Hubert is forced to make a decision of whether or not to kill the officer or not, leaving the film on a cliffhanger to cause the audience to question what had happened in the final seconds.