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Media and Communication Assignment

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Media and Communication Assignment

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Running head: MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS Media and CommunicationName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
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1MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONSTable of ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................2Race and representation.............................................................................................................2Black representation post colonialism.......................................................................................4Representation of Black characters in films...............................................................................5Cultural representation of black ethnicity..................................................................................6Portray of each character and their roles....................................................................................8Research of Edward Said...........................................................................................................9Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9Reference..................................................................................................................................11
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2MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONSIntroductionPost colonial memory brings an idea of domination that has been constantly practicedin the colonial period by the white skinned people in the world (Ashcroft 2013). The whitesaround the world have had a dominant attitude towards the others of the darker skin tones andflatter nose. The post colonial memory brings to us the times which had no support for thepeople who were blacks and they were underrepresented in most arenas (Esping-Andersen2013). The blacks were people who had plenty of potentiality to perform better and outplaythe white skinned people. The post colonial memory provides a staggering insight into theworld of domination that was created by the whites. In terms of their representation in themedia and films, it is seen that the blacks were hardly given much of the coverage and theywere constantly underplayed in the media domain despite their tremendous potentiality (Fiskeand Hancock 2016). The films that were produced by the Hollywood had white lead actorsand the black skin actors were not taken much into consideration. The aim of the report is tofocus on the various aspects of post colonial memory and the films that have been chosen forthe report are Django Unchained and Black Panther. The films will be discussed in light ofthe title and a detailed understanding of the phenomenon will be presented in the report. Race and representationThe media has been a domain that has practiced colonial standards for long and hencehas kept the blacks out of the media domain and representation of them has beeninconsistence in the society. The two movies that have been selected for the report arecompletely based on blacks and the actors in the movies are of Afro origin. The scene in thecontemporary media is changing fast and it is seen that the makers are shifting towards anopen mentality of incorporating the blacks in the popular media (Hartley 2017). DjangoUnchained comes and provides a completely different view of the people who were the slaves
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3MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONSin the society. The film revolves around a slave, his freedom and his fight to get back his wifefrom a sadistic plantation owner (Tarantino 2014). The fight of the slave named Django isextremely well portrayed in the film and it shows the realities that are associated with suchpractice of slavery. The notion of a man buying another man or woman and treating theperson like a product has been well reflected in the film by Tarantino. The film Black Pantheris one of the biggest hits in Hollywood history and created frenzy in the global box office(Forbes.com 2018). The film is a superhero flick and it deals is one of the first films in thisgenre which has a black man leading and portraying the role of superhero. The film has acaste that is all black and this makes it one of the most stand out films in the history ofMarvel Cinematic universe (Marvel.com 2018). The entire black population has put forwardcomplete support to the film. The entire production team of the film was African in originand it makes it a unique cinematic production in the history of Marvel films. The plot of thefilm is based in Africa and a fictional country named Wakanda has been highlighted in thefilm constantly. The success of the film goes on to show that the audience is open to acceptsuch changes in the filmmaking and hence these should be incorporated more often. The ideaof Afrofuturism is constantly growing and the film bases in the idea completely. Afrofuturismis known as a mixture of African history, magic realism and science fiction (Womack 2013).Black Panther truly follows the Afrofuturism element and turns out to be a game changerwhen it comes to the comic film universe. In Black Panther it is shown that the Africanwomen are security official to a king and this enhances the image that everyone has withblack females that they are incapable of taking any strong decision. The decision to showcasewomen as powerful has led to creation of a belief that the women are now empoweredenough to take stand on their own (Keyes 2013). The desire for the audience to know andhave an understanding of the voices of Africa and its history is something that drove theaudience in large numbers to the theatres.
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