To help with my critical investigation, I have looked at many websites that will allow me to understand my topic to more detail. I have looked at a range of sites, with opinions, facts and current information which I believe is important. I have thoroughly studied the websites and checked them to be accurate and authentic. This is imperative as it won't give me false information to add to my critical investigation or misguide me. Below I have shown some of the websites I have used to help with my critical investigation.
Media Guardian
Can It Still Be Just A Black Thing?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2000/jun/25/2
"In that context, films like Shaft meant more than their basic crime narratives would suggest. Blaxploitation movies were born of the same rage that fuelled the civil rights movement, born of a wish to shake things up"
This quote above is about black audience's and how Hollywood has moved from making films only targeting a white audience. It discuss how history has changed and how blaxploitation has changed American cinema. This will help me with my research because it will allow me to explore the change in black films and how it has changed and effected society. It will also allow me to look further into the films and how black actors/actresses have changed from the blaxploitation era to an era where they are treated as the protagonists and hero's, especially in Hollywood.
The Independent
Britain's Black Actors Now Enjoy Big, Better. Still They Go Unrecognised. Is Media Racism To Blame?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/britains-black-actors-now-enjoy-bigger-better-parts-still-they-go-unrecognised-is-media-racism-to-blame-588948.html
"Only a few years ago, black British actors knew what to expect when they were offered parts on television or in the movies: a marginal role or, if their luck was in, the opportunity to reinforce a stereotype, perhaps as a gangster or a drug-dealer"
"Now, though, that is all changing. Black actors are regulars on hit TV shows and some are beginning to make it through to Bafta and even Oscar nominations. Nominations for the black Baftas are announced today".
This article above discusses how black actors have been unrepresented in films, and how they haven't been treated equally to white people. The quotes discuss how the stereotypes of black people has had an impact on how they are represented negativly in films. This will allow me to assess both the negative and positive representations of black characters within films and how over time this has changed.
Rotten Tomatoes
Snakes on a Plane
http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/snakes_on_a_plane/
"All those CGI snakes can be quite shudder-inducing. But there is also something cheerfully ridiculous in the way the film switches to rubber snakes for hand-to-hand combat".
Empire
Film Review on Snakes on a Plane
http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/review.asp?FID=11010
"Okay, but not as likable as, say, Piranha, Tremors, Slither, Anaconda, Eight-Legged Freaks or the 1973 TV movie Horror at 37,000 Feet."
This article above is a review on my chosen film, and it gives it a verdict of how popular the film was, which will help know other opinions to come to a conclusion on the impact of the ideologies of them film upon the audience.
Google
African-American in Motion Pictures
The Past and the Present
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/Library/african/movies.htm
"African-Americans have been featured in motion pictures playing roles depicting some aspects of acting and purveyors of black images".
"In some way it will be a short history of African-Americans and their quest to be part of the glamour of Hollywood and the heroes portrayed on the silver screen".
The two quotes above discuss how African-American have featured in many motion pictures film and how their roles from the past to now have changed. This will allow to assess it upon my film and how this change has occurred but more importantly why.
Article
The Representation of the Black Male in Film
"The way the motion picture industry portrays black people serves the interest of the dominant white class by keeping blacks from positions of power in American society"
"Hollywood defines how black males are portrayed which in turn affects how young blacks define themselves"
"Images of black males in films are used to exclude blacks in many films and how those images are changing now"
http://www.springerlink.com/content/r326231397565521/fulltext.pdf?page=1
These three quotes above allow me to understand the history of my topic and how it has changed, it allows to get into grasp with different actors from different eras and how black actor/actress are represented in films. It will also allow me to have more understanding on hegemony and place a question of whether society has moved from it or still are in it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2000/jun/25/2
"In that context, films like Shaft meant more than their basic crime narratives would suggest. Blaxploitation movies were born of the same rage that fuelled the civil rights movement, born of a wish to shake things up"
This quote above is about black audience's and how Hollywood has moved from making films only targeting a white audience. It discuss how history has changed and how blaxploitation has changed American cinema. This will help me with my research because it will allow me to explore the change in black films and how it has changed and effected society. It will also allow me to look further into the films and how black actors/actresses have changed from the blaxploitation era to an era where they are treated as the protagonists and hero's, especially in Hollywood.
The Independent
Britain's Black Actors Now Enjoy Big, Better. Still They Go Unrecognised. Is Media Racism To Blame?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/britains-black-actors-now-enjoy-bigger-better-parts-still-they-go-unrecognised-is-media-racism-to-blame-588948.html
"Only a few years ago, black British actors knew what to expect when they were offered parts on television or in the movies: a marginal role or, if their luck was in, the opportunity to reinforce a stereotype, perhaps as a gangster or a drug-dealer"
"Now, though, that is all changing. Black actors are regulars on hit TV shows and some are beginning to make it through to Bafta and even Oscar nominations. Nominations for the black Baftas are announced today".
This article above discusses how black actors have been unrepresented in films, and how they haven't been treated equally to white people. The quotes discuss how the stereotypes of black people has had an impact on how they are represented negativly in films. This will allow me to assess both the negative and positive representations of black characters within films and how over time this has changed.
Rotten Tomatoes
Snakes on a Plane
http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/snakes_on_a_plane/
"All those CGI snakes can be quite shudder-inducing. But there is also something cheerfully ridiculous in the way the film switches to rubber snakes for hand-to-hand combat".
Empire
Film Review on Snakes on a Plane
http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/review.asp?FID=11010
"Okay, but not as likable as, say, Piranha, Tremors, Slither, Anaconda, Eight-Legged Freaks or the 1973 TV movie Horror at 37,000 Feet."
This article above is a review on my chosen film, and it gives it a verdict of how popular the film was, which will help know other opinions to come to a conclusion on the impact of the ideologies of them film upon the audience.
African-American in Motion Pictures
The Past and the Present
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/Library/african/movies.htm
"African-Americans have been featured in motion pictures playing roles depicting some aspects of acting and purveyors of black images".
"In some way it will be a short history of African-Americans and their quest to be part of the glamour of Hollywood and the heroes portrayed on the silver screen".
The two quotes above discuss how African-American have featured in many motion pictures film and how their roles from the past to now have changed. This will allow to assess it upon my film and how this change has occurred but more importantly why.
Article
The Representation of the Black Male in Film
"The way the motion picture industry portrays black people serves the interest of the dominant white class by keeping blacks from positions of power in American society"
"Hollywood defines how black males are portrayed which in turn affects how young blacks define themselves"
"Images of black males in films are used to exclude blacks in many films and how those images are changing now"
http://www.springerlink.com/content/r326231397565521/fulltext.pdf?page=1
These three quotes above allow me to understand the history of my topic and how it has changed, it allows to get into grasp with different actors from different eras and how black actor/actress are represented in films. It will also allow me to have more understanding on hegemony and place a question of whether society has moved from it or still are in it.
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