The Film Industry

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

 Fuck the Police-
- NWA
- The genre of this is rap and hip hop music/ gangster rap
- There are words which represent black people and therefore it represents black people in America
- Does mention white people however only as the police
- It links to debates about black equality and white power/ supremacy, and about police brutality in America
- Another debate about this is the use of expletives within the song against the police 
- The politics of this is the treatment of young black Americans in Compton by the police
- There is a big political message as though they are protesting and trying to get their voices heard to do with the way they are being treated
- The repeated use of the N-word links to re-appropriation an are trying to give it new power among young black Americans


 Theatrical Trailer
- N.W.A music used within the advert, with additions of piano because this makes it more dramatic which is a convention of adverts
- Adverts are made in order to get the audience to watch a film as well as maintaining an audience
- A potential audience for this are older teenagers who have an appreciation for rap
- Could appeal to how cultures live, and because it is a biopic it could help people to learn
- It might appeal to intellectuals because they want to watch a film about politics and political issues to do with race
- Very fast paced footage could create an overload of action to create a wow effect, which makes it more exciting and appeal to the audience
- Could give light into the worst parts of society
- Censorship has been used in this because they want to widen the audience as much as popular, and if theres expletives then the younger audiences couldn't watch the film.

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