Genre Conventions
What does convention mean?
A convention is a key ingredient in a specific genre of media text. They are the things that we expect to see in particular types of films. Examples of Sci-Fi genre conventions include:
Narrative (storyline)-
- robots/aliens vs man
- saving the world
- discovering a new world/race of creature
- intergalactic space war
- time travel
- rise of AI
Characters-
- aliens
- robots
- mutated humans
- male (tends to be human) protagonist
- wise, older character
- other worldly antagonist
- hero team
- futuristic/new worlds
- dystopian cities
- space
- space ships
- hi-tech vehicles/weapons (e.g. lasers)
- futuristic technology (lots of computers)
- colourful and strange costumes
- uniform (human team)
- make-up kept basic for protagonist characters
- green, silver/metallic, black, neon
- the future
- end of the world
- good overcoming evil
- victory of human ideologies over others
- safeguarding the human race
- loyalty and teamwork
- negative impact of technological advancement
- humans destroying their own planet
- the idea of a small few against a large enemy
- innovative special effects
- CGI
- modern/metallic looking font and graphics
- intense/dramatic music
- directors such as James Cameron, George Lucas, J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg
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