Session 2
Had a visual look at the start of the film.
Attack the Block (2011) - Joe Cornish. (2011). Attack the Block. [Online Video]. 13 May 2011. Available from:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1478964/. [Accessed: 13 October 2016].
Next we had a look at a conservative poster which dated back too the early 80's.
Conservative Poster (1983) - Labours Say He's Black, Tories Say He's British
Conservative. (1983). Labour says he's black. Tories say he's British. (1983). Available: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=1983+CONSERVATIVE+POSTER&safe=strict&espv=2&biw=1389&bih=1199&tbm=isch&imgil=OIHnvBjookdkkM%253A%253B2heCYTqtkOPzOM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fconservativepartyarch. Last accessed 13th October 2016.
Analysis for poster
Use of a black man as the main focal point for the poster and its subject matter. It outlines "Labour say he's black, Tories say he's British, I feel like this is a campaign in which the conservatives are trying to raise awareness to grab the attention of the black community of Britain. After further research at more conservative posters, I feel like they use harsh details and pictures to there messages across, as well as bold words like Black and British.
He stands upright, looks like he has power, arms crossed symbolise he is relaxed, he is confident about the job/type of work that he is doing.
Points I raised during discussion
What does it mean to be British?
Placement of everything on the poster? Why are they placed here, the size of the image against the text, the main bottom line is big in size, caught my attention as the first point of contact as well as the dominant image of the black man, with his arms crossed and wearing a suit.
Light and dark on the subjects face - made me think that perhaps the poster is being aimed at multiple cultures as we see different shades of black. The suit symbolises upper class, conservatives are using harsh details and text to represent but at the same time they are grabbing attention of the black community in Britain, whether they agree with the stereotype or have feelings against the subject matter, you would think they would vote to try and make a change.
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Krept and Konan - Dunya (Music Video) - Krept and Konan. (2016). Krept & Konan - Dunya (BrOTHERHOOD Official Soundtrack). [Online Video]. 30 August 2016. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn7OqnInzQE. [Accessed: 13 October 2016].
My chosen media representation is a song by Krept and Konan "Dunya" which has been used as one of the soundtracks for the recent release of "Brotherhood", directed by Noel Clarke.
Written Analysis for chosen Music Video
I have chosen to research about the Krept and Konan music video for "Dunya", the way the music video is put together I find really fascinating as its not your typical everyday grime video, in fact this song is used as one of the backing soundtracks for Noel Clarke's new edition "Brotherhood". I haven't seen this film yet so I thought I could really research about how this song would fit that type of genre, what kind of elements are similar and could be used to outline the kind of crime that we witness whilst watching Anuvahood, Kidulthood, Adulthood and Brotherhood.
One of the artists is sat upstairs talking about getting a contract, whilst the other is downstairs watching the news on the tv, we slowly see that he is rebelling against what is happening in day to day life around America, which I linked back to the types of crime that happens within Brotherhood which takes place in London. However what I found interesting was that the same type of drama happens to the artists later on in there local living courter - reinforcing how often it takes place.
They then portray the same type of negative actions but flip the coin so we see the police as the victim which made me think about the riots that have gone on and how two communities come together and try to push each other out, like immigration, where hoards of cultures move from one country to another.
Lastly we flip back to the first situation but it is portrayed in a positive way where the two respect one another back out on the street, however this situation doesn't get showed off unlike the others which links back to the way that in reality we don't see people respecting one another, always disagreeing, fighting, outbreaks everywhere - reminds me off the lyrics in the song "Its all crazy in the Dunya, its going crazy in the Dunya"
Within the video itself, the artists are portrayed across wearing the clothes we associate with hip hop music, key to note that they are the same clothes that are worn by the actors within crime films like the ones I mentioned. We link hoodies and guns to that of a thug which can be reinforced by the type of language that they use when speaking to one another.
Props
They use a gun in the first two scenes which we associate with black people and crime, this is portrayed across in the sequel movies like Anuvahood, Kidulthood, Adulthood and Brotherhood, however in the films the actors are both white and black.
The flashy car that we see in the music video is dark matte black, these types of cars are associated with grime music videos, other movies would have to be the franchise of "Fast and Furious".
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