The scene was mostly in the hotel room or corridor and so its late at night after their show.In the hotel room they were with women so the lights were a bit low but it felt very mysterious theres was a sense of back light to make it sexual atmosphere as they were kissing or doing something with their women.Then when they appeared on in the corridor the light were more key lights as when the men ran away it was a more happier and funnier atmosphere as they just witness 2 men runaway.Then when Felicia is kicked out the hotel room that's was funny too as the lighting was very bright and clear.So this made it a more easier too laugh.Also the costumes had effect on the audience that the nwa members were dark as they had many black clothing on so it seems they were on the dark side sometimes knows as evil.However we were still as a audience we were on their side and we wanted them to escape alive.This connotes that the members are normal with what happened as they just pointed specialised guns in a five start hotel for a innocent man looking for his girlfriend.The way they laugh in their facial expression and connect their knuckles towards shows this is normal for them but this is not normal for an average person.
This scene represents a lot of things and people but mostly African american men as there's many stereotypes on them.Some are thugs,drug dealers,disrespecting women etc and you can see all of this in this scene.As the NWA use the word "nigga" so calmly as for some watching it may be disrespectful and a bit too much.They also call women bitch and use graphic words as some say they don't have any filter as Eazy E said "shes dealing with some real nigga dick" and "she got dick in her mouth nigga".The thing is this representation is very good and some would say accurate as NWA were gangsta rappers and Eazy was a drug dealer and a gang banger so it was only right he had those lines so it was perfect for him but some like ice cube couldn't have said as it wouldn't be realistic as he wasn't any of those thing Eazy e was.But we need to understand it was a real urban drama movie and so most of the target audience were mostly at young black males who understand what they going through.This also links to the gender and ethnicity theory as the theory says female are seen as others in the movie and not the main thing.This is a great example as the women in the scene are just their to satisfy the rap stars and if they misbehave they can just get kicked out and the audience and the characters find that funny.
Another scene i will be analysing is a scene that stunned the audience in the cinema and on social networking.The scene started with Ice Cube on the school bus getting taken home with his class mates.Ice Cube is minding his business trying to write some raps as its the beginning of the film and Ice Cube still hasn't joined NWA group and it still hasn't been created.So the school bus is on the highway when some students,not including Ice Cube, Start throwing up gangs signs at the car next to them as the passenger and driver were wearing he colour red as for bloods.It went on for about a minute as the school kids started laughing and found it funny the men in the car stopped their car in front of the bus.The bus stop and they all get out,they "stop the bus and open the god dam door" the bus driver sees they have a gun so he opens the door.The main guy who as in the car says to the kids what you thinking you funny lil nigga" the young man says "i was only playing man please" the gang member starts swinging his gun around and says "you think this a game" he starts giving them a speech about how they should stay in school and he whispers in the boys ear "I eat cripes for breakfast,Crenshaw mafia nigger".
This scene is really dramatic to some viewers are not used to this as gang members invade a school bus and start threatening students with their guns and none saw it,police were never called.This is reinforces the black negative stereotype and representions as they are heartless and thugs who don't care about who they kill.This scene connotes to the audiences that gang banging was serious in those days in Compton as nearly every street was owned by a rival gang.As this represents the men in a bad light as they all look around 20's and late teens and so its daytime on school day.It looks that they don't go to school or work they are just gang banging or selling drugs.Also the fact that it was a scene taking place in daylight really makes it more thrilling as it this is the sort of scene that happens at night but none those Compton where anything can happened as a bunch of thugs invade a school bus and threaten them with guns.If this happened in any other neighbourhood in America this would have been reported or police would have been called to the scene.
Same again with their speech as they use the word "Nigga" some say the word used to be offensive but know that black people use it as to say my brother or friends so they turn a negative to a positive.The scene has a enigma code as there can be money solutions to the scene as either the children get shot or the men get arrested or they all leave so the audience wants to know what happens next.The is also a great example of todrovs theory as the scene has a state of equilibrium (all is as it should be) A disruption of that order by an event,that's the men coming on threatening he kids.Then A recognition that the disorder has occurred.Then an attempt to repair the damage of the disruption. Then a return or restoration of a new equilibrium.
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