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Straight Outta Compton Straight Outta Compton is a mainstream film directed by F.Gary Gray, it follows the genres of drama and biography, the film also is highly influenced by music.  The budget for the film was  $28,000,000 on the first week it grossed $56,100,000,  16 August 2015 ,  Wide Release,  in America alone it grossed a total of $161,197,785   and $201,634,991 worldwide. According to SXSW festival " Universal Pictures made different trailers for different races such as black,white and hispanic". However the films main target audience is young black males as this is the main ethnic and age group shown in the narrative of the trailer. Straight Outta Compton is set in 1987 and tells the story of five young men who are honest about society in one of the most dangerous places in America through  lyrics. The cast of the film portrays the fact it is an mainstream film, it uses big actors...

      Mainstream and independent films Mainstream and independent films are both regulated by the BBFC. The British Board of Film Classification is a non governmental organisation founded by the film industry in 1912.Vertical Gratification is how the company maximises the income, it is top down meaning they own all the stages they need to market it. Black Panther is an example of a mainstream film so it has a high budget this is shown in the trailer through the set design and costumes , we can tell it is a mainstream film through certain elements ,such as how the  characters are clearly defined , there is clear distinction between the here and the villain. This is done through stereotyping, it allows the audience to gain a quick understanding of who the characters are and what their roles are in the film.Like many other mainstream films Black Panther tends to have a simple narrative structure, this is done in order to attract the highes...

Assassin's Creed liberation follows the genre of RPG, we establish this through the female ,assassin and salve avatars. The game was set in 19700 in New Orland, it tends to follow the storyline of slaves taking over the city, you explore this in missions and side missions. Additionally, you can play online with other players. The franchise is owned by Ubisoft, this version of the game in particular is an offshoot, at the same time this version was released on Vita a mainstream Assassins creed was released. Assassin Creed Liberation was only distributed on Vita but later on was out on PS3. When the game was marketed the main focus was the narrative which was dominated by a female character the format was oddly shown in the trailer which shows it was a main selling point, all of these elements allowed the trailer to mirror a film trailer. The spinoff sold 600,000 copies out of 4.5 million people who own the device, this seems successful until you consider vita is a consul wher...

Analysis of Grand Theft Auto  Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is an action-adventure video game created by David Jones and Mike Dailly;the later titles of which were created by brothers Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut. It is primarily developed by Rockstar North, and published by Rockstar Games. The name of the series references the term used in the US for motor vehicle theft. Rockstar used trailers to market GTA IV , the trailers were roughly around 1 minute where they reveal the next part in the storyline and occasional reveal new features for example, Rockstar has stated that all the trailer's footage is in high-definition 720p. Trailer one was called "Things Will Be Different “and features the main protagonist Niko Bellic, who has a brief monologue: "Life is complicated. I killed people, smuggled people, sold people. Perhaps here, things will be different." this reveals the storyline. Next, trailer 2 reveals the new features such as new gun ...