Straight Outta Compton
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- Created on: 21-05-18 20:11
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- PRODUCT CONTEXT
- Distributed: Universal Pictures
- Produced: Legendary Pictures
- STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
- HISTORICAL CONTEXT
- Set in mid 1980's California
- Contemp. film
- Social upheaval - racial tension
- Riots in 1992
- CULTRAL CONTEXT
- Significant in terms of change: free speech, producers of protest song and successful black men
- Misogynistic lyrics
- Objectifying and marginalising women
- ECONOMIC & POLITICAL CONTEXT
- Two members of the band co-produced the film
- Significance of this relation to funding & portrayal of historical contexts
- AUDIENCES
- FANS OF N.W.A: older older fans who lived within their period & younger fans attracted to the band for cultural significance
- FANS OF RAP
- FANS OF BIOPIC FILMS
- FANS OF FILM STUDIOS/ PRODUCERS
- Can be attracted by trailers - social tension cultural change etc.
- MARKETING
- THE TRAILER: green band disclaimer, production logos, music, three-act structure, social media/website
- Protagonists in the trailer - underdogs/ minority: the gang are restrained by police
- STAR: Names of actors/ directors are absent in the trailer and replaced by the bands real names
- FILM LOGO: Explicit design reference to music parental advisory notice (rebellion, challenge to authority etc)
- THE TRAILER: green band disclaimer, production logos, music, three-act structure, social media/website
- HISTORICAL CONTEXT
- Directed: F. Gary Gray
- Follows story of hip hop band N.W.A in 1980s. Ice-Cube & Dr. Dre co-produced.
- Huge commercial and critical success - high grossing - won Academy Award
- Major, vertically integrated film studio that is part of a media conglomorate
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