Ryan Coogler directed Black Panther, about T'Challa/Black Panther defending his throne as king of Wakanda. In a key scene, M'Baku of the Jabari tribe challenges T'Challa for the throne through a ritual combat. The scene uses bright colors and authentic African costumes, props, and music to depict the intense fight and establish T'Challa's legitimacy as king.

1. Black Panther

2. Context.
Who made it- Ryan Coogler
Who produced it- Kevin Feige
Based on- Black Panther
by Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Who wrote it- Ryan Coogler
Joe Robert Cole
Music By- Ludwig Göransson
Cinematography- Rachel Morrison
Edited by- Michael P. Shawver
Debbie Berman
Production- Marvel Studios
company
Distributed by- Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release date- January 29, 2018
(Dolby Theatre)
February 16, 2018 (United States)
Running Time- 134 Minutes
Country- United States
Language- English
Budget- $200-210 million
Box Office- $1.347 Billion

3. Context
Chadwick Boseman- T’Challa/ Black Panther
Michael B. Jordan- Erik Killmonger
Lupita Nyong’o- Nakia
Danai Gurira- Okoye
Martin Freeman- Everett K. Ross
Daniel Kaluuya- W’Kabi
Letitia Wright- Shuri
Winston Duke- M’Baku
Sterling K. Brown- N’Jobu
Angela Bassett- Ramonda
Forest Whitaker- Zuri
Andy Serkis- Ulysses Klaue
Florence Kasumba- Ayo
John Kani- T’Chaka
David S. Lee- Limbani
Nabiyah Be- Linda
Isaach De Bankolé- River Tribe Elder
Connie Chiume- Mining Tribe Elder
Dorothy Steel- Merchant Tribe Elder
Danny Sapani- Border Tribe Elder
Sydelle Noel- Dora Milaje
Marija Juliette Abney- Dora Milaje
Zole Williams- Dora Milaje
Marie Hippolyte -Dora Milaje
Marie Mouroum- Dora Milaje

4. Context
What influenced Ryan Coogler to make black panther-
Nothing really influenced him to make black panther it was a sense of
he wanted to make like he needed to make it. In an interview with
rolling stones magazine he said “I wanted to make stuff that gave
people that feeling – but I wanted to do it for people who look like me
and people I grew up with. “I wanted to make stuff that gave people
that feeling – but I wanted to do it for people who look like me and
people I grew up with.” this tells us a lot about Coogler. Coogler
wanted to take this opportunity to make this film be he wanted to do
for the people he grew up with and his family because he is from
Africa. So his family’s history influenced him to make the film

5. Context
So what was happening in the world during the filming of Black
Panther?
During the filming of black panther their was a lot going from January 21st, 2017
and April 19th, 2017. there has been a lot of news about black people during these
months, so I want to focus on that because black panther wants to focus on black
culture. During this time line the black lives matter movement got bigger and
bigger and in 2017 on February 10th black lives matter protested the shooting of
Jocques Clemmons which occurred in Nashville, Tennessee.

6. context
Ryan Coogler is a fairly new director and the films he makes have one main theme
in it and that is black culture and the representation of black people. His first film
was a film called Fruitvale Station staring Michael B. Jordan. This is based on a true
story and the film is about the life coming to the death of Oscar Grant the3 who
was shot by a police officer who was wrongfully arresting him in Fruitvale station in
Oakland on new years day. His only other future length film was another film
focusing and the black culture and having a black lead called creed which is the
latest instalment in the Rocky series and focuses on Apollo creeds son who is
played by, you guessed it Michael B. Jordan.

7. representation
Race is the main representation in Black Panther. They talk a lot about black culture
and especially African culture and Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson and the
costume designer Ruth E. Carter got the majority of their ideas from African
culture. But like I said race, black culture and African culture are represented really
well in this film because the director himself is black and the majority of the cast is
black so the black people are represented in this film really well because they are
the main focus of the film because the majority of the cast is black. This is rare in
films because director always want well known actor and the majority of the
famous actors are white and they normally get white actors to play black or Asian
characters. So overall I think black people and black culture was represented well in
this film

8. Content
The scene I have decided to go in detail in is the scene where M'Baku
Challenges T'Challa to claim the throne because T’Chaka died at the un
conference in Captain America Civil war. I think these scene will be
good because t he music is immense the acting is amazing and the
whole scene looked amazing.

9. Mise en scene (colour)
In this scene the colours used where easy to the eye. The colours used are nice and
bright. The blues, oranges, reds, greens and purples are brightened and these
colours are always prevalent in this scene and in the whole film. The scene is nice
and inviting and would look completely different if the colours where darker and
the feel of the of the scene would be different. By having a brighter colour to the
scene the feel of the scene is nicer, even though there is a fight the colours are still
bright the only dull colour part of the scene is on the jabari tribe.

10. Mise en scene (props)
During this scene there are lots of props used from weapons to a shield to a bowl.
Some weapons which are used are swards, spears, maces and daggers and they are
all based on real African weapons. The shield looks like it is based on a Zulu shield
which is normally made out of cow hide (skin). The bowl which is used is probably
the most important because the liquid inside the bowl was the thing that got rid of
his power. There are other props used such as the discs that Nakia has and also
there are other props that the other tribes have such as the mining tribe they have
a nice big headpiece that looks like a lions main and they also have a wooden stick.

11. Mise en scene (costume)
Costume designer Ruth E. Carter was responsible for the costumes and she did an
amazing job referencing the Massai, Himba, Dogon, Basotho, Tuareg, Turkana,
Xhosa, Zulu, Suri and the Dinka people in her designs, and what came out was
amazing. Where you see her work the best is in the scene I chose because you see
each tribe close up and you can see that each tribe is based on a real life. She also
uses real body modifications as well as outfits such as piercings and lip plates and
they actually cast real members of that tribe who had the lip plate to act in Black
panther. Also the masks they used where to do with that tribe such as the panther
mask for T’Challa and the Ape mask for M’Baku because he is leader of the Jabari
tribe and they live in the mountains and in the comics M’Baku is also called Man
Ape so it is a nice reference to the comics.

12. camera angles
In this scene there are lots of different camera angles such as the high
angle when all the tribes look down at him when he is in most
submissive place when he gets his powers stripped form him when he
goes into ritual combat. There is also a Arial view of the combat
showing how the combat area gets narrower during the fight. There is
also a low angle of T’Challa Looking up at all the tribes in the cliff face
singing, chanting and dancing.

13. Camera shots
At the start of the scene there is an establishing shot of the waterfalls and during
the establishing shot the camera pushes back to get the whole water fall in view.
For the majority of the fight between T’Challa and M’Baku the majority of the shots
are long and medium shots so you can get a good view of the fight, you get to see
the backdrop and also the fight at the same time which is really good. Also you see
the medium shot of the guards pushing the 2 fighters closer towards the edge of
the waterfall. And the end of the fight is a close up shot of the 2 at the edge of the
water wall, focusing on both of their faces especially M’Baku getting choked out by
T’Challa especially looking at his expression.

14. Camera movement
A good shot in the scene is when T’Challa walks off the jet there is a
really impressive tilt shot showing all of the tribes singing, chanting
and dancing in the cliffs which gives us a sense of how big the arena is
and gives us a sense of depth. Another great movement is during the
fight there are a couple of crane shot showing the fight at from a
different perspective and when it goes into the crane shot the guards
shorten the arena.

15. lighting
The lighting ion this scene is well done the main source of light in this scene is the
sun which is really prevent because this scene is set midday the sun is in it glory.
But the location of the scene is in the middle of a cliff face so the sun is directly on
you so you aren’t really bright. You can see the sun and light reflecting of the heads
of M’Baku, Zuri and T’Challa. But when the Jabari tribe was walking out of the cave
there where lots of shadows reflecting on them and in the cave it was dark with
little bits of light coming through the opening of the cave. It was hard to see when
the lighting changed because the lighting was really consistent with the lighting in
this scene

16. Use of editing (what shots have been put together and why)
The shots used where great and the way they edited it where simple cuts to switch
between people talking. During each tribe saying where they want to fight they cut the
challenger and the tribe leader and then once they chant they cut to the other members
of the tribe repeating the chant and then they cut back to they first two people and
saying they will not challenge. The edit is just really simple but really effective. You don’t
need really extravagant transitions or cuts to make a good film just well timed effective
transitions and cuts. The edit wasn’t confusing and it was easy to understand what was
happening

17. sound effects
The sound effects used in this scene are amazing. The sounds of the water falling
from the arena is nice and clear and not too overpowering, you can still hear Zuri
talking. The water sounds natural and not manmade. Also the splashing of the
water when they are fighting is perfect. The sounds from the weapons are perfect
such as the massive wooden mace the M’Baku uses to fight T’Challa, you can hear a
deep ‘swoosh’ which you instinctively know that the mace is heavy and powerful.
The ‘swoosh’ when T’Challa knelt to the tribes where nice and clean. Altogether the
sound effects used where amazing, clean and realistic.

18. music
the music in this scene was amazing. the composer of the film Ludwig Göransson made an amazing
score not just for this scene but for the whole film. Göransson went to Africa for his inspiration
because the film is based on African culture so he spent 1 month in Senegal. He first travelled with a
musician named Baaba Maal and went on tour with him. after he spent several weeks working with
local musicians to form the "base" of his score. Göransson was drawn to using the talking drum,
tambin and the flute for his main character themes along with horns. You are able to here them in
this scene. Especially during the fight, the fight music you can hear the talking drums and tambin
which a really good rhythm to the score and a droning horn it makes you feel like you are in Africa
and also with the subtle chants of the Jabari tribe makes the score epic. And also when T'Challa was
winning you could hear a bit the big booming horns which always comes into the score at pivotal
points of the film, and in this circumstance you could hear that Göransson put the chanting tribes in
it chanting T'Challa. I also like that Göransson mixes African music and instruments with an
electronic, techno beat to it.

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