I Found this tag which was one of the students work and which has useful information about my movie that i am anlysing;which also includes usefel websites.
http://www.ramneet-getrich.blogspot.com/
The other tag that i found useful and which will help me write my study is a link to the movie bullet boy because we can see the similarities when we see how Ricky was facing all of those problems inorder to get kind of rich and he was also a gangster as 50 cent in the movie trying to get rich.
http://bilansblog.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, 21 August 2007
Monday, 13 August 2007
analysing pictures
50 cent is holding a gun wearing a baseball cap; looking harsh which is indicating that he was getting involved in some sort of crimes and which make him look as a gangster.
The lighting is low key lighting which is making him look more harsher and more stronger and it is taken from the side and zoomed up on him to make him stand out and be the center of attention.
The lighting is low key lighting which is making him look more harsher and more stronger and it is taken from the side and zoomed up on him to make him stand out and be the center of attention.
Sunday, 12 August 2007
Analysing pictures
m_ 50cent curtis wearing a prison uniform after he had been involved in crimes
the background is really dull which is indicating sadness
low key lighting which is making the background looking dull.
the pictures is taken from a long shot.
r_he is shown as sad and being bored in prison and regreting what hes done
the background is really dull which is indicating sadness
low key lighting which is making the background looking dull.
the pictures is taken from a long shot.
r_he is shown as sad and being bored in prison and regreting what hes done
get rich or die tryin 2005; review
Surrounded by strong talent and the skillful director, 50 Cent shows a quiet charisma. He doesn’t embarrass himself.
GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’ByVictoria AlexanderFilmsInReview.comMy weekly column, “The Devil’s Hammer,” appears every Monday on FromTheBalcony.com. Victoria Alexander’s “Movies, Gossip & Sin” is on XRadio.biz Fridays from Noon to 2 P.M.Sure I know who 50 Cent is, but I don’t hum his music. I know he was a drug dealer before he became a rapper. I know he got shot nine times. I read his Playboy interview. I liked his honesty about the cutthroat music business. It is just as nasty as the illegal drug business.Director Jim Sheridan, not working with his daughters (did they finally get jobs on their own merits?) must have showed his gritty IN AMERICA as his 50 Cent audition tape. GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’ is good because of Sheridan’s skill with actors and his ability to show poverty without sentimentality. Sure, GET RICH dresses up the story real pretty for us, but it is still interesting and well done. Like HUSTLE & FLOW, it doesn’t glamorize a corrupt lifestyle. It does illustrate the reality behind the gangsta hype. Superstar rapper 50 Cent didn’t wander into a blaze of bullets. He put himself there and then he – literally - crawled out.I’m not judgmental: Obviously people like doing drugs. This beast is here by VIP invitation. Someone has to run up to the cars and negotiate the deal. Someone has to do the dirty work so American youth can get high on the weekends. When in doubt, blame the mother. Marcus (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) doesn’t know who his father is. His loving mother is a South Bronx drug dealer who is murdered when he is twelve. Marcus goes to live with his grandparents. They are already burdened with a house filled with their kids and grandchildren. Because Marcus is teased at school he decides to go into the family business to make sneaker money. Marcus has no choice but to become a pre-teen entrepreneur. He works long hours and doesn’t “get high on his own supply.” He’s a responsible drug dealer with a gun. While still living in his grandparents laundry room, he gets noticed by real gangsters. The introduction of crack cocaine in the urban marketplace bloats profit margins and soon Marcus is running his own “crew.”Marcus gets arrested. While in prison he starts rapping. He’s not very good but soon other cons, and even the guards, begin chanting his riffs. He gets a prison “manager,” Bama (Terrence Howard), and decides to pursue a career as a rapper. But his drug gangsta associates are more interested in his earning capability than music ambitions. A tug-of-drug-war over territory erupts and Marcus is targeted.Who killed Marcus’s mother? Rightly, his mother’s death shadows him. We know the quiet Marcus will not forget the “Rick James” figure who he saw shoot his mother. It gives us a hook to understanding the emotionally damaged Marcus. Without parents and within the limitations of his environment, Marcus wants to rise above the overwhelming obstacles that trap him. This semi-autobiographical movie hinges on 50 Cent who is in every scene. In itself, the story has undeniable appeal but 50 Cent is engaging and has real potential as an actor. Sheridan and writer Terence Winter have worked brilliantly with the untrained 50 Cent. They have cleverly used his limitations as assets. While making Marcus’s lack of emotional depth a character trait – he is closed off because of the lack of love growing up – 50 Cent is able to express a humility that engages us.Sheridan surrounds 50 Cent with dynamic actors that sweep him along. Terrence Howard is fantastic and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, as a gangsta rival, is so menacing that doesn’t appear that 50 Cent needed much coaching when acting alongside him. As his love interest, Charlene, Joy Bryant grounds the inexperienced 50 Cent. Only Bill Duke, as a drug kingpin, appears to be in his own movie starring just himself.Finally, and all too briefly, at the end of the film while the credits are rolling, the rapper 50 Cent emerges and we see what all the noise is about. In other hands this could have been a mistake, but Sheridan clearly loves the genre, the music and his newly-minted star. GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN'Paramount PicturesAn Interscope/Shady/Aftermath/MTV Films productionCredits: Director: Jim SheridanScreenwriter: Terence WinterProducers: Jimmy Iovine, Paul Rosenberg, Chris Lighty, Jim SheridanExecutive producers: Gene Kirkwood, Stuart Parr, Van Toffler, David Gale, Arthur Lappin, Daniel LupiDirector of photography: Declan QuinnProduction designer: Mark GeraghtyMusic: Quincy Jones, Gavin Friday, Maurice SeezerCostumes: Francine Jamison-TanchuckEditors: Conrad Buff, Roger BartonCast: Marcus: Curtis "50 Cent" JacksonBama: Terrence HowardCharlene: Joy BryantLevar: Bill DukeMajestic: Adewale Akinnouye-AgbajeKeryl: Omar Benson MillerJustice: Tory KittlesGrandma: Viola DavisYoung Marcus: Marc John JefferiesAntwan: Ashley WaltersKatrina: Serena Reeder
Running time -- 112 minutes
GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’ByVictoria AlexanderFilmsInReview.comMy weekly column, “The Devil’s Hammer,” appears every Monday on FromTheBalcony.com. Victoria Alexander’s “Movies, Gossip & Sin” is on XRadio.biz Fridays from Noon to 2 P.M.Sure I know who 50 Cent is, but I don’t hum his music. I know he was a drug dealer before he became a rapper. I know he got shot nine times. I read his Playboy interview. I liked his honesty about the cutthroat music business. It is just as nasty as the illegal drug business.Director Jim Sheridan, not working with his daughters (did they finally get jobs on their own merits?) must have showed his gritty IN AMERICA as his 50 Cent audition tape. GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’ is good because of Sheridan’s skill with actors and his ability to show poverty without sentimentality. Sure, GET RICH dresses up the story real pretty for us, but it is still interesting and well done. Like HUSTLE & FLOW, it doesn’t glamorize a corrupt lifestyle. It does illustrate the reality behind the gangsta hype. Superstar rapper 50 Cent didn’t wander into a blaze of bullets. He put himself there and then he – literally - crawled out.I’m not judgmental: Obviously people like doing drugs. This beast is here by VIP invitation. Someone has to run up to the cars and negotiate the deal. Someone has to do the dirty work so American youth can get high on the weekends. When in doubt, blame the mother. Marcus (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) doesn’t know who his father is. His loving mother is a South Bronx drug dealer who is murdered when he is twelve. Marcus goes to live with his grandparents. They are already burdened with a house filled with their kids and grandchildren. Because Marcus is teased at school he decides to go into the family business to make sneaker money. Marcus has no choice but to become a pre-teen entrepreneur. He works long hours and doesn’t “get high on his own supply.” He’s a responsible drug dealer with a gun. While still living in his grandparents laundry room, he gets noticed by real gangsters. The introduction of crack cocaine in the urban marketplace bloats profit margins and soon Marcus is running his own “crew.”Marcus gets arrested. While in prison he starts rapping. He’s not very good but soon other cons, and even the guards, begin chanting his riffs. He gets a prison “manager,” Bama (Terrence Howard), and decides to pursue a career as a rapper. But his drug gangsta associates are more interested in his earning capability than music ambitions. A tug-of-drug-war over territory erupts and Marcus is targeted.Who killed Marcus’s mother? Rightly, his mother’s death shadows him. We know the quiet Marcus will not forget the “Rick James” figure who he saw shoot his mother. It gives us a hook to understanding the emotionally damaged Marcus. Without parents and within the limitations of his environment, Marcus wants to rise above the overwhelming obstacles that trap him. This semi-autobiographical movie hinges on 50 Cent who is in every scene. In itself, the story has undeniable appeal but 50 Cent is engaging and has real potential as an actor. Sheridan and writer Terence Winter have worked brilliantly with the untrained 50 Cent. They have cleverly used his limitations as assets. While making Marcus’s lack of emotional depth a character trait – he is closed off because of the lack of love growing up – 50 Cent is able to express a humility that engages us.Sheridan surrounds 50 Cent with dynamic actors that sweep him along. Terrence Howard is fantastic and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, as a gangsta rival, is so menacing that doesn’t appear that 50 Cent needed much coaching when acting alongside him. As his love interest, Charlene, Joy Bryant grounds the inexperienced 50 Cent. Only Bill Duke, as a drug kingpin, appears to be in his own movie starring just himself.Finally, and all too briefly, at the end of the film while the credits are rolling, the rapper 50 Cent emerges and we see what all the noise is about. In other hands this could have been a mistake, but Sheridan clearly loves the genre, the music and his newly-minted star. GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN'Paramount PicturesAn Interscope/Shady/Aftermath/MTV Films productionCredits: Director: Jim SheridanScreenwriter: Terence WinterProducers: Jimmy Iovine, Paul Rosenberg, Chris Lighty, Jim SheridanExecutive producers: Gene Kirkwood, Stuart Parr, Van Toffler, David Gale, Arthur Lappin, Daniel LupiDirector of photography: Declan QuinnProduction designer: Mark GeraghtyMusic: Quincy Jones, Gavin Friday, Maurice SeezerCostumes: Francine Jamison-TanchuckEditors: Conrad Buff, Roger BartonCast: Marcus: Curtis "50 Cent" JacksonBama: Terrence HowardCharlene: Joy BryantLevar: Bill DukeMajestic: Adewale Akinnouye-AgbajeKeryl: Omar Benson MillerJustice: Tory KittlesGrandma: Viola DavisYoung Marcus: Marc John JefferiesAntwan: Ashley WaltersKatrina: Serena Reeder
Running time -- 112 minutes
movie reviews
50 Cent is decidedly no mere circus performer; unlike him, circus performers possess real talent. Yet, while his musical talent is certainly nil, it would be a mistake to argue that he therefore altogether lacks talent. In fact, 50 - very much like the legions of other gangster rappers - possesses great talent: the talent of a virtuoso con artist. 50 is banking on a pandemic of cataclysmically cheapened tastes - in other words, on the very aesthetic decline that made these other blissfully unconscious con artists rich. This extraordinary, innate ability to identify and exploit today's mass degeneration of taste is a truly supreme talent - a talent reaching to the very depths of cynicism. 50's nihilistic celebration of the meaningless and absurd is, of course, very "postmodern," very fashionable. As such we'll doubtless continue to skip and whistle our way to oblivion. Yes, 50 Cent is a joke. Unfortunately, the joke is on us.As for this "film", I for one believe that if something's not worth doing, it's not worth doing well. So just as it's impossible for me to get excited over a spectacular tattoo, a gold chain, or the latest cutting-edge developments in nose-piercing technology, I have trouble taking seriously anything having to do with 50 cent. He is a thug, a petty nihilist, and a symptom of cultural decline. Nothing more.I am a black man, and 50 Cent in no way represents me or anyone I know. I think it's shameful the way he's plastered up all over town. What he represents is the worst that our culture has to offer.
Friday, 3 August 2007
Monday, 16 July 2007
***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.
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.
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