Representation

Menace II Society.

A film made in 1993.  A drama/hood film which follows the culture of a young troubled black youth and his friends. It highlights the struggle of the black culture in LA. How the black culture lived their lives during this time period. The film was controversial for the; Violence, Profanity and drug related contents.

Menace II Society was also described as an accurate portrayal of the urban culture and was said to have a strong emotional underlying message. The film is brilliant for representational devices; especially in the opening scene where there is an altercation between four characters. The female  shop keeper seems to be watching "O-dog" as if he was attempting to steal from the shop which represents the stereotype on the black culture, which then leads to "O-dog" pulling out a gun and murdering the women shop keeper and her husband. which re-enforces this point. In that way the film represents the culture of young black youth in LA at this time magnificently as the film goes on to highlight the world they're living in with scenes which extend the violence and profanities even further.

I think the directors made this stereotype on purpose to highlight the problems that the black culture faces with society in the fact that they're often sterotyped.

The way i will use representation in my opening sequence is by trying to recreate the stereotypical image given to certain ethnic backgrounds, like i have spoken above, i will try to recreate this because i think this will benefit my opening sequence as the genre also ties in with the stereotypical image.