Lecture 6

This weeks lecture, or should i say last weeks, was all about the genre 'Sci-fi' and how its used. Through the leture we looked at originality and repetiton that is involved in the genre, the first clip we saw was a clip from The Simpsons, playing with intertextuality as it links to another clip that was also shown, Twilight to serve man. This shows how films and tv programmes use intertextuality as an advantage as it brings in a wider audience. Going on from this we looked at how sci-fi uses the theory hybrid to create a more interesting narrative. The films that we're briefly touched upon was Blade Runner, this film is purely sci-fi but incorporates a romance throughout. The next films were Terminator, Alien and Starwars, the films mentioned have a heavy influence of the ation genre. Making them appeal to a wider audience as viewers who favour one more than the other, will also watch these films.

Genres are just instanes of repetition and difference, this quote highlights how producers dont just make it simple and use one genre, there use 2 or more and various quotes or gestures that have occured in previous films, this helps the film become more engaging. This was the main bulk of what i got out of the lecture, depicting the repition and originality on the si-fi genre.