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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