A. ABSTRACT: 摘要：
Crash is a 2004 film that was directed by Paul Haggis. The events in the film takes place within a period of two days, and causes the lives of people from different racial and economic to intermingle in different aspects. The film begins with a scene accident between two police officers, Detective Graham Waters, a black man, and his partner, Ria, who is of Latino descent. The other driver of the car that was involved in the accident is a lady of Asian descent. In this scene, Ria exchange racial insults with the lady of Asian descent. In another scene, a man and his daughter are in a gun store purchasing a revolver and when they fail to agree on the kind of bullets to purchase, the shop owner calls them Osama since they were of Arab descent. The film also features two black carjackers who justify their actions by noting that since they were black, they were disadvantaged in society and as a result, they have no choice but to steal as a means of their livelihoods. Similarly, the film also captures the life of a black filmmaker and his wife who conflict with each other because the wife thinks that he does not like his black background and as such, does not support it. In addition to this, among the characters who standout in the film is a Caucasian policeman John Ryan, who maintains a negative attitude towards people from other races irrespective of whether they are his colleagues or strangers. Importantly, the basic plot of this film are the tensions that emerge when people from different racial backgrounds interacts with each other. Notably, some people thought they were superior in the film because of their race, while others used race as a justification for engaging in criminal activities. Thus racial tensions, economic welfare of people in society based on their racial background, and wealth distribution in society are the dominant themes in this film.
《撞车》是2004年由保罗·哈吉斯执导的一部电影。电影中的事件发生在两天之内，并导致来自不同种族和经济的人们的生活在不同方面融合。电影以两名警察，一名黑人侦探格雷厄姆·沃特斯和他的拉丁裔伴侣里亚之间的一场现场事故开始。事故中的另一名汽车司机是一位亚裔女士。在这一幕中，莉亚与亚裔女士进行了种族侮辱。在另一个场景中，一名男子和他的女儿在枪械店购买左轮手枪，当他们未能就购买何种子弹达成一致意见时，店主称他们为奥萨马，因为他们是阿拉伯人后裔。这部电影还讲述了两名黑人劫车者，他们为自己的行为辩护，指出由于他们是黑人，他们在社会上处于不利地位，因此，他们别无选择，只能以偷窃为谋生手段。同样，这部电影也捕捉到了一位黑人电影制作人和他的妻子的生活，他们因为妻子认为他不喜欢自己的黑人背景，因此不支持自己的黑人背景而发生冲突。除此之外，在电影中脱颖而出的人物中还有一位白人警察约翰·瑞安，他对来自其他种族的人持消极态度，不管他们是他的同事还是陌生人。重要的是，这部电影的基本情节是来自不同种族背景的人相互交流时产生的紧张关系。值得注意的是，一些人认为他们在电影中的优势在于他们的种族，而另一些人则将种族作为从事犯罪活动的理由。因此，种族紧张、基于种族背景的社会中人们的经济福利以及社会财富分配是这部电影的主要主题。
B. MEDIA: 媒体
Crash was released in 2004 and the entire casting of the movie was filmed done in color. Despite using color, there is a need to observe that a significant number of scenes in the film were shot at night and as such, there is a significant utilization of dark brown and black colors as a way to portray different activities in the film that occurred at night. Importantly, this film can be classified as a drama, thriller and crime movie. Apart from color and genre, music also played a critical role in this film. Note that a significant portion of music in this film is instrumental music, which was played at different tempo depending with the scene. For example, at the beginning of the film in a scene where Detective Waters is at crime scene where a body had been found, the producer used slow music to complement the characters’ emotions, who had little or slow movement. However, in a different scene where two black men steal a car, the producer used instrumental music with a quicker tempo as a way to attract the attention of the audience to the action that was taking place. Therefore, the producer uses music to control the actual actions of characters in this movie. Importantly, the movie features classical, jazz and R&B as the main music in the film.
《撞车》于2004年上映，整部电影的演员都是彩色的。尽管使用了颜色，但需要注意的是，电影中有相当多的场景是在夜间拍摄的，因此，深棕色和黑色在电影中被大量用作描绘夜间发生的不同活动的方式。重要的是，这部电影可以分为剧情片、惊悚片和犯罪片。除了颜色和体裁，音乐在这部电影中也扮演了重要角色。请注意，这部电影中有相当一部分音乐是器乐，根据场景以不同的节奏播放。例如，在电影的开头，沃特斯侦探在一具尸体被发现的犯罪现场，制片人用缓慢的音乐来补充角色的情绪，这些角色动作很少或缓慢。然而，在另一个场景中，两名黑人男子偷了一辆车，制作人用节奏更快的器乐来吸引观众的注意力。因此，制片人用音乐来控制这部电影中角色的实际动作。重要的是，这部电影以古典音乐、爵士乐和R&B为主要音乐。
Similarly, Crash used various special effects to highlight certain elements. Among the major special effects that are used in the film include explosion and gunfire. In this regard, there are a number of scenes where the producer used gun sound to show how the issue of racial tensions and inequality in society could lead to deaths when two or more opposing groups clash. In addition to gun sounds, the producers also used sounds of screeching vehicle tires to indicate how fast characters were moving in the scene. For example, in the scene where two black men steal a car at gunpoint, the audience will hear screeching tires as the black men drove away with breathtaking speed. Apart from sounds, the producers used darkness and shadows as well as dull colors to point out the fact that most of the scenes in the film occur at night.
类似地，Crash使用各种特殊效果来突出显示某些元素。电影中使用的主要包括爆炸和枪声。在这方面，有许多场景中，制作人用枪声展示了当两个或多个对立团体发生冲突时，种族紧张和社会不平等问题如何导致死亡。除了枪声外，制作人还使用车辆轮胎的尖叫声来显示角色在场景中移动的速度。例如，在两名黑人持枪偷车的场景中，当黑人以惊人的速度驾车离去时，观众会听到轮胎的尖叫声。除了声音，制片人还使用了黑暗、阴影以及暗淡的颜色来指出电影中的大部分场景都发生在晚上。