How has 'Black cinema' changed and developed since the 1950's

Black cinema has evolved significantly, continuously changing the socioeconomic and political situations of African Americans have been and are still changing over the past 50 years. At the same time the art of filmmaking has undergone a lot of changes as well, constantly refining and redefining itself in terms of technology and special effects. Black cinema from its early roots to the current day has always been more concerned about character study and development in its films, but this could be argued during the early stages of 'Black cinema'. Going back to when 'Black cinema' first came to light society was dominated by white people who were of a higher social and economic class and black people were inferior to them; this was portrayed during the early films were black people bullied into silence by white people.
       However since then 'Black cinema' had moved on from this a couple of years lateer, when the portrayal of 'Black people' had shifted slightly so black men in films had suits, middle class jobs and conventions that you would expect a white person to have, so it subverts the stereotypical black person at thte time, but despite this, black people were still represented as drunks that were illiterate and did not have an educational background. In comparison with a white person they were still second rate in society. This representation of black people still conformed to what people expected a black person to act at that time period, because of their idea of how a black person should act.
       Progressively though black peoples roles in cinema has changed for example a black teacher teaching a rowdy group of young white people subverts what you would expect of a black perosn, becasue black people were supposed to be illiterate and have no educational background, however it represents how socities views of black people have changed by allowing a black man to teach the next generation of white people, becasue he in a sense was a role model to the youn white people. The typical conventions of black men, were viloent, had guns and always got into fights, and even though detective films such as Bad Boys which had actors like Will Smith and Martin Lawerence even though they are still using violence it is justified violence to help society.  

Script

Int. Biology lab- Night

Scientist is working on a new cure for a disease which is inherent; but has been working on this cure for several months. He is drinking alcohol and it stains his overall.

Scientist: A little bit distortedly “I have to finish my research it will be a breakthrough in science!”

Scientist staggers and looks around the room as if he is trying to find something.

He trips over and hits his head on the floor.

Close up shot of his head and then pans to the trickle of blood running down the side of his head.

Night- 12 O’clock

Camera. Uses a bird’s eye view shot of the scientist who is unconscious on the floor then zooms into the clock.

Hours pass

 Camera. Long shot is used when he staggers to his feet

Scientist: Head hurting, “what happened” disorientated

Ext. leaves the laboratory and goes to clear his mind outside

Walks outside

Int. Back inside lab

Scientist contorts his body so his feet are over his head and his hands are beneath him.

Camera. Long shot

Unknots his body, but one of his elbows comes out of his socket and his leg has also come out of his socket

Camera. Zooms into his elbow, which is hanging off his arm, then tilts to his leg, which is significantly longer than his other one.

Camera. Extreme close up of his face; he is lying on the floor position less

Hours go by before he eventually attempts to stand.

Non diegetic sound

Attempts to put arm back in place.

Non diegetic sounds heightens

Camera. Medium length shot of the scientist.

Elbow cracks back into its socket and his eye ball poops out his socket.

Camera. Close up of the hole left by his eye ball dropping out.

Blood drops out his socket.

Camera. Follows the blood dripping down his shirt.

Walks over to the eye ball.

Camera. Birdseye shot.

He stands next to the eye ball and begins to stamp on his eye ball.

Camera. Low camera angle and blood and other parts of the eye are every where on the floor.

Camera. Pans from his feet to his head.

Non diegetic sound.

Camera. Close up of his face.

His brain starts to come out the socket of his missing eyeball.

Camera. Zooms out and he falls to the ground.