Bamboozled was created in 2001 and is set in contemporary society, the movie has got posters which advertise the movie but are shown in a different way, there are two different posters created at different times and may have been changed due to viewing statistics.
The first poster uses bright colours and is very bold and exaggerated, there is a very dark coloured baby presented in the poster (not how usually a black person looks) the baby is also eating a watermelon which connotes the stereotype of black people loving watermelons. The babies face has white shading within it which maybe reflecting of the background which can be argued to be the sun as it is a big yellow circle. The babies face has big red lips and dark features making only the mouth and eyes stand out a lot, also the baby is not wearing any shoes which can connote poverty and economical problems that black people may be stereotyped to have. The poster also shows it is a girl as the baby is wearing a bow in its hair and is standing in a cotton field which also relates back to the slavery times of the jobs which were done by the black people. The theme used is like a circus theme as the images and texts used shows this having bright colours and a layout which is related. The poster has got specific wording as at the top it has ''STARRING NEGROES ACTORS'' showing the idea that they are involved and it can be argued to be a big deal for the show as it seems (although set in 2001 it looks like an old movie poster). Having used the word ''Negroes'' it also relates back to the civil rights in the 60's when they were named this and is a less racial term. Having also included the credits and the director/producer connotes it is a movie and the poster is created for this purpose. Having used bold colours and titles has helped to attract the audience - the title being BIG and BOLD in red.
The second poster has the same theme and relates the first poster as the circus theme and the big yellow background is still related, however this seems much more realistic and i feel that this poster came out after the first one because of the characters used although they are still shown darker as usual they are shown as a proper image of humans and not as a cartoon like (as shown in the first poster) the use of the cotton fields still exist and the emphasis on the slavery times and the jobs done are still seen to be a huge part of the representation created. However the faces still have big eyes and huge red lips which are still shown within both the posters that are shown ( this could relate to what people felt was normal to be shown as they feel this is how black people looked although they realistically did not). There are two men in the poster one which is at the front showing white gloves and a suit with a top hat which can connote to the circle theme of a magic act, and the actor has a very strong facial expression also as though it is shock. The man behind him has the uniform of a pool man which was a common job to have in the 1900s, and he is smiling in the background. I feel this is a more powerful image which people are more likely to recognise and relate to and feel that they want to watch a show that shows realistic people and not a cartoon like image of a baby.
BIG MINISTRAL JUBILEE
Another poster we looked at was of a white middle/upper class man with what is known as a 'normal' photo and a dark featured person in a photo next to it which sharp features, this poster is of the white man representing a black man and uses the same representations of the big eyes which are more red and the big red lips as people feel that it is still a realistic image showing black people. Also having the same background as the other posters can show some sort of link to the reasons of why the posters are created in such a way.
BLACULA - 1972
This poster is of a movie about a Black Dracula but is worded in a way to relate both of these words together. The colours of the people are seen to more realistic and are shown to be black people, it shows the audience what the Dracula's target is as there is an image of a ''Blacula'' biting a white women and also other people in the poster which can either be victims or by his side ( this is not stated). The text explains what the Dracula is all about and the reasons for the purposes for why he is doing this. The back of the DVD cover talks about ''CHAINS'' and ''SLAVERY'' which highly relates to the slavery times of black people and does this within describing the story in the movie
No comments:
Post a Comment