Sci-fi films
The sci-fi genre is a genre with a huge industry behind it. Sci-fi refers to science fiction. When you hear science fiction many things could come to mind, but commonly we think of things such as aliens, super technology, Frankenstein etc...
Conventions of Sci-fi
Sci-Fi has many conventions. Every little element of one Sci-fi film can be found in another. When we look at character conventions we see things like the mad scientist, the super genius and their technology alien life forms, robots etc.. Beyond this, we have common conventions that apply to the plots and themes themselves such as alien life visiting earth or even robot invasions. When looking at top science fiction movies we can almost find one of these conventions in them for sure. The way Sci-fi films are structured also follows a convention: Commonly, Sci-fi films almost always maintain a constant straight and balanced composition.
Location of Sci-fi
Another common convention of Sci-fi is their settings. Commonly, we can films in this genre take place in a hyper-technological society that takes place far in the future, an example of this being the popular movie franchise Star wars with their advanced technology or other movies such as back to the future. Another common setting is a dystopian society, we sort of see this in movies such as the hunger games as well as their society that contains very advanced technology we would only see in the far off future.
Who watches Sci-fi films
The common audience for Sci-fi as not been officially documented however, surveys of readers and watchers shows that the difference in gender is rather balanced between male and females. Nevertheless, Sci-fi is made for all ages, we commonly see not only young men in the theaters for the newest addition in science fiction, but also people in middle ages such as 40's and above. This is largely due to the long history of science fiction as it was introduced in the early 1920's.
Titles of Sci-Fi
When looking at these films we can find something that is very common amongst them: The font.
When viewing the font it is very sharp yet sleek. It is not too big, yet it is also not too small to where we cannot see it. The most important thing to notice about all of these though is what they convey for instance, movies like "Guardians of the galaxy" that name immediately reveals what type of genre we are dealing with. Other movies such as "Age of extinction" though it is not as obvious as Guardians of the Galaxy, it still gives off that Sci-Fi hint with the word "extinction". When creating a title for a science fiction film it is important to give off the feel of the upcoming world we are about to experience. Additionally, the plot points are also involved from time to time, looking at the movie "The signal" it does not scream Sci-Fi, it lets us know that the movie is about some sort of signal.
Representation
When looking at the representation of characters in science fiction, we often see a non-minority male in the lead character position. As it stands however, movie companies are pushing to create more diverse worlds however when viewing most science fiction movies we commonly see a non-minority male in the lead position and women being in the position of side characters. Sci-fi can also represent the fears that we all have for the impending future such as a robot invasion or evil alien life etc.. On a positive note, it represents different social groups in a great light: Nerds. When we think of a Sci-Fi viewer we sometimes think of the nerdy type which can sometimes have a bad connotation. However a common convention of Sci-Fi is turning these "Nerds" in practically superhero's. In most Sci-Fi movies that have conflict we can count on a super smart character to find the solution even though its small, this has made a big change in our society making people wanna embrace that nerdy side in all of us.
Who we want to target with our personal film
When we look at all of this data as it refers to the demographic, we feel like its perfect. We simply wanna target people of all ages and gender simply to give them the experience of a new world and even a hint of mystery. When we think intended audience we think of the average joe simply looking for a cool movie to enjoy and cause the brain to think. We plan on getting people to watch our movie by it's mysterious nature with some mysteries not even answered in the movie itself. We feel like this fact alone could potentially make people flock to our movie to try to find these answers.
Sources
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-science-fiction-writing-definition-and-characteristics-of-science-fiction-literature#what-are-the-common-characteristics-of-science-fiction
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2158244018780946
https://www.britannica.com/art/science-fiction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_film
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