SCENE ANALYSIS - BLACKKKLANSMAN
Name of scene Summary of scene Detailed description of Effect of conventions
conventions
In a nutshell, what happens How does the scene and its construction help
and who is involved? Narrative, filmic and generic. convey idea/s?
Opening clip from The zooming out to provide a o patriotic music o criticism of mainstream media in upholding
Gone with the panoramic view of the o zooming out to include a racist ways of thinking.
Wind. battlefield plus the patriotic panoramic view of the large
music in the background seeks number of injured confederate
to provide sympathy for the soldiers
confederate army. o symbol of the torn confederate
flag
The making of Dr o A satirical scene o “we are under attack... living in o a 21st Century viewer is encouraged to be
Kennebrey o Dr Beauregard is a figure of an era marked by the spread of shocked and critical of Beauregard’s
Beauregard’s authority and intellect who integration and miscegenation” attitudes and beliefs.
propaganda video. represents the mid-20 th
o “The Brown decision...
Century racist white compelling white children to go
American to school with an inferior race
is the final straw in a black
nation towards America
becoming a mongrel nation”
o images in the background are
primarily images of how black
people have been portrayed in
mainstream media (i.e., clips
from films)
Records room scene o “...looking for a toad” – Officer
Name of scene Summary of scene Detailed description of Effect of conventions
conventions
In a nutshell, what happens How does the scene and its construction help
and who is involved? Narrative, filmic and generic. convey idea/s?
Opening clip from The zooming out to provide a o patriotic music o criticism of mainstream media in upholding
Gone with the panoramic view of the o zooming out to include a racist ways of thinking.
Wind. battlefield plus the patriotic panoramic view of the large
music in the background seeks number of injured confederate
to provide sympathy for the soldiers
confederate army. o symbol of the torn confederate
flag
The making of Dr o A satirical scene o “we are under attack... living in o a 21st Century viewer is encouraged to be
Kennebrey o Dr Beauregard is a figure of an era marked by the spread of shocked and critical of Beauregard’s
Beauregard’s authority and intellect who integration and miscegenation” attitudes and beliefs.
propaganda video. represents the mid-20 th
o “The Brown decision...
Century racist white compelling white children to go
American to school with an inferior race
is the final straw in a black
nation towards America
becoming a mongrel nation”
o images in the background are
primarily images of how black
people have been portrayed in
mainstream media (i.e., clips
from films)
Records room scene o “...looking for a toad” – Officer
