Title: Lucy
Tagline: The average person uses 10% of their brain capacity. Imagine what she could do with 100%.
Sub-genre: Mutation
Narrative: The film starts off with Lucy's boyfriend who tricks her into delivering a briefcase to an apparent business contact but is then kidnapped by thugs who intend to turn her into a drug mule. She is surgically implanted with a package containing a powerful chemical but is tortured and the chemical leaks into her bloodstream, giving her these superhuman abilities such as telepathy and telekinesis. Lucy then turns the tables at her captors and transforms into an unforgiving warrior evolved beyond human capabilities.
Characters: The main character, Lucy, links to the science fiction genre as she has heightened senses and abilities to manipulate electronics. This may appeal to an audience as the main character is a female, subverting the typical gender stereotypes that men are usually involved with action, therefore making women more interested in watching this film.
Setting: The movie is set on earth. However, it is linked to the sci-fi genre as during the end of the movie, Lucy begins a space time journey into the past and reaches the oldest discovery of mankind.
Mise-en-scene: weapons, fight scenes, dark atmospheres.
Institution: Produced by Canal+, Ciné+, EuropaCorp and TF1 Films Production.
Distributed in the UK by Universal Pictures International (UPI).
Director: Luc Besson.
Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman.
IMDb rating: 6.4/10.
Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, 47% from audience.
Target Audience: 60% males, 40% females. Social class of BC1, likely to be in school or interested in action from the effect of drug use, includes some sexual content. Age rating of 15 years and over.
Friday 11 December 2015
PPE Exam Preparation: Science Fiction Case Study 1: Independence day
Institutional background:
Production company: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Centropolis Entertainment. Distributed by 20th Century Fox in the UK.
Genre and Media language analysis:
Sub-genre: alien invasion. There are scenes throughout the film that suggests an invaded earth. For example in the trailer, the text on screen saying "we've always believed we weren't alone", which suggests how things which we thought were just fantasies are becoming a reality.
The narrative of the film fits the science fiction genre because it includes specific iconography that you would most likely see in this type of genre. For example, an atmospheric interference (a giant spacecraft), lasers and other different types of technology.
The main characters consists of a black family where Will Smith is the hero, subverting the stereotype of typical hero's and white Americans.
The mise-en-scène in Independence Day fits the science fiction genre as it includes lasers, explosions, spaceships, costumes/ gear, outer space and more.
Release Date:
UK release date: 9th August 1996.
Critical Reception:
IMDb: 6.9%
Rotten Tomatoes: 60%. 75% from the audience.
Majority of the people enjoyed this movie however there were some negative reviews about this film.
"It is a fun, happy, sad, charming, engrossing film to watch...time and time again."
"This film is one of the best of the decade, not simply because it works so well in an all-over scheme, but it provides some kicks that no other film had up to then (1996)."
"Personally I think this is the best movie of the 90's."
Box Office Success:
Budget: $75,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $50,228,264
Gross: $306,169,268
Independence Day, in my opinion, was a big box office success as it gained well over 2 and a half times the budget.
Stars and Directors:
Will Smith has also starred in Men in Black, I Am Legend, Focus, I, Robot and many more hit films.
Throughout the whole trailer, the director, writer or stars are not mentioned.
Audience Pleasures:
Production company: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Centropolis Entertainment. Distributed by 20th Century Fox in the UK.
Genre and Media language analysis:
Sub-genre: alien invasion. There are scenes throughout the film that suggests an invaded earth. For example in the trailer, the text on screen saying "we've always believed we weren't alone", which suggests how things which we thought were just fantasies are becoming a reality.
The narrative of the film fits the science fiction genre because it includes specific iconography that you would most likely see in this type of genre. For example, an atmospheric interference (a giant spacecraft), lasers and other different types of technology.
The main characters consists of a black family where Will Smith is the hero, subverting the stereotype of typical hero's and white Americans.
The mise-en-scène in Independence Day fits the science fiction genre as it includes lasers, explosions, spaceships, costumes/ gear, outer space and more.
Release Date:
UK release date: 9th August 1996.
Critical Reception:
IMDb: 6.9%
Rotten Tomatoes: 60%. 75% from the audience.
Majority of the people enjoyed this movie however there were some negative reviews about this film.
"It is a fun, happy, sad, charming, engrossing film to watch...time and time again."
"This film is one of the best of the decade, not simply because it works so well in an all-over scheme, but it provides some kicks that no other film had up to then (1996)."
"Personally I think this is the best movie of the 90's."
Box Office Success:
Budget: $75,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $50,228,264
Gross: $306,169,268
Independence Day, in my opinion, was a big box office success as it gained well over 2 and a half times the budget.
Stars and Directors:
Director: Roland Emmerich. He has also made other well known movies like The Day After Tomorrow, Godzilla, 2012 and more, all of which are part of the science fiction genre.
Main star: Will Smith as Captain Steven Hiller.
Throughout the whole trailer, the director, writer or stars are not mentioned.
Audience Pleasures:
Specific aspects such as explosions and action scenes would be enjoyable for an audience as it gives them visceral pleasure.
Key moments such as Will Smith attacking the aliens, the moment where the audience does not know whether he is going to make it, the conversations between Will Smith and his companion, the reunion between the president and his daughter are scenes that the audience would particularly enjoy as they give vicarious, visceral and voyeuristic pleasure.
Having a black American hero can subvert the typical stereotype of the generic type of heroes in a movie and changes the way black people are usually presented in movies.
Target Audience: 55% male, 45% female. Social class of ABC1. People who enjoy science related things and have knowledge of scientific references and people who enjoy watching fictional movies, full of action as well as things they can connect with e.g family related.
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