District 9
wikus van de merwe- Protagonist, False hero
Piet Smit- Villan
Christopher Jonson- Hero
Colonel Koobus Venter
Fish tank
mia- protagonist
Connor- villan, false hero
Joanne
Billy
Wednesday 27 November 2013
Genre conventions in District 9
SiFi conventions
Futuristic technology
Space travel
Aliens
Metaphors for real issus
Corrupt governments
Body horror
polysemic meanings
Documentary style meanings
Stock footage
News headlines
Character introductions
Hand held cameras
Narrators
Time and date
futuristic technology, corrupts government (corporations, army, the MNU) they are stereotypically white middle aged men, who think that they can do anything when they are in power (e.g. Connor from fish tank, Cardinal Rawk from sin city and Piet Schmit from district 9).
humans and aliens co-exist, in District 9 this is a polysemic meaning. district 9 represents the apartide, and how this effects people. (e.g. signs to say that aliens cant be around people, this is like when black and white people couldn't mix. calling the aliens names, is like when they used to do it to black people to try and De-humanis them, in the film it is 'prawn' and they used to call black people 'monkeys'.
Wikus is also corrupt, when he gets promoted the power goes to his head, and he treats the aliens badly.
the body horror is a polysemic meaning, it also show
Futuristic technology
Space travel
Aliens
Metaphors for real issus
Corrupt governments
Body horror
polysemic meanings
Documentary style meanings
Stock footage
News headlines
Character introductions
Hand held cameras
Narrators
Time and date
futuristic technology, corrupts government (corporations, army, the MNU) they are stereotypically white middle aged men, who think that they can do anything when they are in power (e.g. Connor from fish tank, Cardinal Rawk from sin city and Piet Schmit from district 9).
humans and aliens co-exist, in District 9 this is a polysemic meaning. district 9 represents the apartide, and how this effects people. (e.g. signs to say that aliens cant be around people, this is like when black and white people couldn't mix. calling the aliens names, is like when they used to do it to black people to try and De-humanis them, in the film it is 'prawn' and they used to call black people 'monkeys'.
Wikus is also corrupt, when he gets promoted the power goes to his head, and he treats the aliens badly.
the body horror is a polysemic meaning, it also show
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