***INDEPENDENT STUDY PROPOSAL***

"Are black men only ever represented as succesful when being in gangster roles such as 50 cent in 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 21st january 2006(USA)?"

Hypothesis: black males are always represented in a repetitive way and this affects racist values in the western society.
M- The use of low key lighting in most some scenes showing them in a negative way getting into crimes and in a poor society, rap music is played on and it is associated with 50 Cent’s type of music.
There is a use of guns, and the costumes they are wearing are baggy clothing and caps and hoddies which are normally associated with black gangsters.
The movie was filmed in Dublin in Ireland, but supposed to show the life of 50Cent in the US.
The actors are mainly black Americans but there are black British actors such as Ashley Walters
I- ISA, PARMOUNT, MTV FILMS.
mainly Hollywood institutions aimed at a wide range of audiences.
G- gangster genre by the use of gangsters as 50 cent and his friends are gangsters, and action because of the use of a lot of violence and crimes, but at the same time hybrid of genres because it also has some romance when he meets his girlfriend and they get married.
R- Representation of gangsters and black people and what problems they are facing and how they find music as their “weapon” to get rich and get out from crimes.
A- Aimed at a wide range of audiences which are adults because the certificate is 18.
Aimed mainly at different ethnic groups and to 50 cent’s fans as it is his first movie and they will be really interested to see his biography.
I- The ideology is to show the life of some black youngsters and how they are getting rich and the only way is being a gangster and also which 50 Cent uses to get rich is rap music which is a lot associated with black youngsters
N_ theorists/theories
Linear narrative showing his life from when he was a child until when he became an adult and a celebrity.
Wider context (SHEP):
There are different topics covered such as historical and that is when his life is shown form the childhood into adulthood, and social problems such as showing how is the black community living and how they are struggling because of their race and they are not getting happy lives as they wanted they are being chased after and stopped, they are only shown as low class people and only associated with murder, crimes in this movie are also caused by family problems which are poverty and we see 50 cent's mother in trouble and fighting with males and he is watching what is happening,and that is one reason why he becomes a gangster later on bacause of family background and not supporting what he was seeing, he is revenging.
it also showing him wanting to get rich and also showing issues of racism when 50 Cent was shot so many times and he didn’t die, and there is also the use of economic problems showing them trying to get money and looking for money and robbing banks and he is making music in order to get money.
Theories/ theorists:
Prop- the hero which is shown as 50cent (marcus) he is alwyas being tortured and bullied bye the other gangsters( the villain) the way taht they shot him many times.
Levi Strauss- Binary Opposition
Other texts:
Bullet Boy (2005) - showing mainly the same issues such as crimes and representing black community, and a reference to Ashley Walters as he stars in “Get Rich Or Die Tryin” as well.
Kidulthood (2006) - using issues that are shown in the movie such as crimes, drugs, showing teenagers and in the movie we see 50Cent’s life from a child to a teenager to finally an adult, and there we see how teenagers are acting in kidulthood.
Research:
I will do as much research as I can that will help me complete my independent study, I will be doing a lot of research on the internet on that type of genre and the representation of gangsters and black people, and on books relating to the type of genre and also on theories.
I will also try and read on magazines such as “Sound & Sight” and see articles about those types of representations and issues.

My independent study

i will be writting about 50Cent's movie "Get Rich or Die Tryin", and to analyse the movie in details and to concentrate on the question inorder to start doing my research.