Training Day

out above the rest: Training Day. Although it made its debut some time ago it became an instant award-winning cop film. Training day is a crime thriller film that follows Los Angeles Police Officer Jake Hoyt’s first 24 hours in training with the veteran, corrupt, Narcotics Detective Alonzo Harris. The film takes place on the streets as Detective Harris shows Officer Hoyt’s what a day in the life of a narcotics detective really looks like. When it comes to cop movies, Training Day stands out above the

Training Day In the Training Day film, directed by Antoine Fuqua (2005), it depicted many cop code regarding police subculture. Subculture is "a subdivision of a national culture or an enclave within it with a distinct integrated network of behavior, beliefs, and attitudes" (Collins English Dictionary, n.d., as cited by Jones, 2005, p. 60). Although subculture has its positive impacts, the negative ideas about police subculture are more likely to garner attention. Alonzo and Jake portrayed many

I watched the movie Training Day. This movie shows many examples of unmoral and unethical police work. Denzel Washington is a narcotics detective for the LAPD named Alonzo Harris. His methods of enforcing the law are very questionable during the film, if not corrupt. Harris’ job is to train rookie Jake Hoyt over a 24-hour period. Many Ethical dilemmas arise for Hoyt and this presents questions for him whether or not to follow along with Harris, and if his methodology for ridding the streets in South

In 2001, Training Day, a police drama film speaks on the issues of lacking integrity, professionalism, ethics, and misconduct that heavily violate the police department’s policy. This film was constructed on the basis of a scandal that occurred in the Los Angeles Police Department. In this film, veteran officer Alonzo Harris trains Jake Hoyt a young rookie that is on his first training day for potentially joining the narcotics unit. Throughout the film, Harris tests Hoyt by telling him to perform

The Hollywood film Training Day displays multiple ethical dilemmas. The scene takes place in inner city Los Angeles. Denzel Washington plays the character named Alonzo Harris who is a cynical, and self-centered, undercover narcotics agent. Jake Hoyt played by actor Ethan Hawke is a rookie to the department and is motivated to be the best narcotics agent he can be. Hoyt is an honest man full of moral and values. However, in 24-hours he will be faced with a magnitude of ethical decisions and has only

Sates and Europe. It has been said that realism is easily visible in many pieces of modern literature and even in present day films. In 2001, the movie Training Day was released into theaters. Many critics agreed that the movie was very realistic. In fact, the main actor Denzel Washington was presented with an academy award for his performance in Training Day. Training Day can be considered realistic, but many aspects of the film show little realism. The

I chose the movie clip entitled “King Kong”. It’s from the movie “Training Day” starring Denzel Washington. Training Day is a movie that follows a corrupted detective’s day to day mischief as he schools a rookie cop. Training Day depicts a product of the matchup between screenwriter David Ayer, who grew up in South Central Los Angeles, and director Antoine Fuqua, who grew up on the rough side of Pittsburgh. Both Ayer and Fuqua are highly familiar with the highly intensified relationship between police

Training Day (King Kong Clip) ENG225: Introduction to Film (GSK1301D) Instructor: Helene Kiser 1/10/2013 Tenika Rodgers During the process of envisioning and designing a film, the director, production designer, and art director (in collaboration with the cinematographer) are concerned with several major spatial and temporal elements. These design elements punctuate and underscore the movement of figures within the frame, including the following: setting, lighting, costuming, makeup

An Exploration of the Dynamics of Ghetto Masculinity and the Upholding of Negative Representations in Training Day I am going to look at the ways in which 'Training Day' uses mythic stereotypes of black males and 'ghetto masculinity' to portray negative representations of black society in America, and how hegemonic values of white audiences leaves these representations unquestioned. My main focus will be the representation of the main protagonist, Alonzo, an African America

Subculture and Video Reflection “Somebody didn’t sleep through ethics training” (Ayer and Fuqua, 2001). This statement made by an officer in the movie Training Day, best exemplifies a major theme of the movie. Training Day should be shown to rookie officers as an example of how a police subculture can allow officers to abuse power. The movie is an over exaggeration, but provides depth and detail into certain situations officers may find themselves in. This paper will look at the specific concepts