District 9
District 9 is a typical post modern film, because it mixes genres, the film uses both sci-fi and documentary style conventions.
One convention of the sic-fi genre is having an underlying meaning, District 9 is actually about the apartheid, and how black and white people where separated.
an example of the in the film, is a short sequence of editing where it shows shots of wikus and two of his co-workers, the scene quickly cuts between wikus in one frame on his own, and another with the other two, in a back and forth conversations. This references the apartheid because it is showing that wikis is in power, because he has had a promotion, so is in charge of the others, and they also call him "boss" and he has the shot on his own this clearly shows he is the powerful one and more important. also both of his workers are black, and they get the shot together, which shows that although there where more black people, the white population has more power.
Another theme that is commonly scene in sic-fi films is corrupt covenants, and the powerful corrupt characters are usually stereotypicaly middel aged, white males.
science fiction conventions.
body horror
corrupt governments
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