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A comparision of the representation of ethnic teenagers and the ghetto in ‘Dangerous Minds’ and ‘Boyz ‘N’ the Hood’
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A comparison of the representation of ethnic teenagers and the ghetto in 'Dangerous Minds' and 'Boyz 'N' the Hood' When we look at the representation of the ghetto and ethnic teenagers we can understand the messages and values (ideology) that are in the film. I shall look at whether these representations are similar or different in both films and therefore what the messages in each film. Representations of people and places are created through a variety of media codes, including the narrative and the technical codes and iconography. In the two films many codes are used to represent the ghetto to suture the audience into the film, but with different effects. In Dangerous Minds the codes used are firstly iconography of the setting and props that are used. For example the graffiti on the walls and of the homeless people on the street show a stereotypical setting in a ghetto that we...
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