This document summarizes two films: Straight Outta Compton and I, Daniel Blake. For Straight Outta Compton, it notes that the five main characters are played by well-known actors portraying members of N.W.A, and that it was distributed by major Hollywood studios Universal Pictures and Legendary Entertainment. The storyline follows the racism experienced by N.W.A in American society and their conflicts with police. For I, Daniel Blake, it states that the film was independently produced in the UK by director Ken Loach about a man who suffers a heart attack and must get employment to receive benefits, and along the way befriends a single mother.

1. STRIAGHT OUTTA COMPTON

2. Characters:
5 main characters are stereotypical, popular actors that are well
known in the acting industry
Actor O’Shea Jackson jr played his father in the movie, he played Ice
Cube
Ice Cube played by O’Shea Jackson jr, Corey Hawkins played Dr Dre
who played as the main biopic part, Jackson Mitchell played Eazy-E,
DJ yella played by Neil Brown jr and finally MC Ren played by aldis
Hodge

3. The distribution company ‘universal picture’ is a high, profile
distribution company which operates globally in films. They’ve
trailered many Hollywood films
 also legendary entertainment is American based as well and they are
very well known companies
Both of these are popular in these industries and both required
vertical integration to distribute the film straight outta Compton
Legendary entertainment raised $500 million from private equity
films and was one of the first companies to paid its motion picture
production with major wall street private equity
Universal pictures make approximately 5 billion per year, which is a
huge amount which therefore shows it is not a independent film
company

4. Story line:
Straight outta Compton is a film about racism in an American society
and how conflict would occur with coloured people and the police.
This highlights the issues that are occurring within a society and how
to resolve this together
The highly dramatic and hyperbolic plot situations such as the scene
where ice cube was going back to his house in the beginning of the
film but gets searched due to his colour
Has more drama as this movie is also based on N.W.A which is a
group that raps and sings about the situations and issues that they
have experienced so far

5. I, DANIEL
BLAKE

6. Filmmaker:
The filmmaker of this independent UK film was Ken Loach
Ken loach is known for his speciality of making his films about political
issues
He emphasises his brand of British socialist realism translating well to
that context
His famous movies reflect social problems such as Poor cow which was
based on poverty, Cathy come home was about homelessness and Riff
Raff was about labour rights
Older generation would be his target audience and they also are more
likely to watch his films as they are based on their topics and how they
see the issue that is occurring within a society

7. Content and style:
Like a stereotypical film, it is not based in many locations. It is only
based in one location which is in Newcastle. Making it a UK
Independent film due to its location only in the UK and not globally
The actors in this film are not well known and most people would not
know who they are but as the director is Ken Loach, his films are
about social issues so it rules out the actors
The plot of the film follows a basic story about a man who suffered
from a heart attack and now needs to get employment to get benefits
and along the way befriends a single mother and her kids, helping
them out during a difficult time period when they move into their
new place in Newcastle