Straight Outta Compton

Question 1

What genre is the film?

Answer 1

Biopic

Question 2

Which company produced the film?

Answer 2

Legendary Pictures

Question 3

Which company distributed the film?

Answer 3

Universal Pictures

Question 4

Director?

Answer 4

F.Gary Gray

Question 5

When was it set?

Answer 5

1980s America

Question 6

Which band members of the NWA were co-producers?

Answer 6

Ice Cube

Dr. Dre

Question 7

This music biopic achieved what status?

Answer 7

The highest grossing music biopic of all time

Question 8

What was the film nominated for?

Answer 8

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Question 9

What were the members of the NWA known for?

Answer 9

Being advocates of social change

Question 10

What riots are a contextual reference with this film?

Answer 10

LA riots 1992 - racial upheaval

Question 11

What is a criticism of the NWAs music?

Answer 11

Misogynistic lyrics

Glorification of drug and alcohol use

Question 12

What was the production budget?

Answer 12

$28 million

Question 13

How did the marketing campaign include synergy?

Answer 13

Soundtrack album for film and a Dr.Dre album were released prior to the films release
Significant because the soundtrack album reached number 2 on the US charts a week before the films release

Question 14

When was the film released?

Answer 14

28th August 2015

Question 15

How did the film target a wide audience?

Answer 15

By releasing two trailers, each being appropriate for different audiences

Question 16

When was the red band trailer released?

Answer 16

8th February 2015

Question 17

When was the global trailer released?

Answer 17

1st April 2015

Question 18

What rating did the BBFC give SOC?

Answer 18

18

But this was overruled and it was released as a 15

Question 19

What are the 4 possible audiences being targeted?

Answer 19

Fans of the NWA
Fans of gangster rap
Fans of biopic films
Fans of the film studio/producers involved

Question 20

What app did Dr.Dre launch and when did he launch it? (Viral marketing example)

Answer 20

7th August 2015
App allowed users to upload their own photograph to ‘StraighOuttaSomewhere.com’ completing the ‘Straight Outta’ with their location

Question 21

How many downloads did Dr.Dres app get?

Answer 21

Over 6 million

Question 22

What was the TOTAL budget of the film?

Answer 22

$50 million

Question 23

How much the film make?

Answer 23

Over $200 million

Question 24

How can David Hesmondhalgh’s ‘Cultural Industries’ theory be linked to SOC?

Answer 24

The NWAs story may have been reduced to make profit
The film was released in conjunction with successful music albums = conglomerates operate across a range of cultural industries

Question 25

What caused the LA Riots?

Answer 25

The King trial:
A black male was beaten by white American police officers
They went to trial and the police officers were deemed not guilty until a year later when 2 officers were imprisoned

Question 26

Why is were the LA riots a significant bit of context for the film?

Answer 26

In the red band trailer the King trial is mentioned on tv and angers the NWA, hence linking to how the film glorified the members as advocates for social change and ignored their drug use, misogyny etc

Question 27

How were the posters designed to target audiences?

Answer 27

The parental advisory design of the posters and logos makes the band seem rebellious and appeals to audiences because the band appear as social activists who rebel against authority for justice.

Question 28

Hesmondhalgh would also argue that the film was low-risk for producers because …

Answer 28

The musicians from N.W.A are successful and offer a pre-sold audience for the film
Also the biopic genre is very popular and familiar to audiences