Sunday 13 December 2015

independence day case study

The production company of the film is 20th century fox .

This film also fits into the action genre .  This is because in many parts of the film , fighting happens and the element of war is in the film which is why it has factors of the action genre in it .

The narrative of the film fits into the sci-fi genre because it is about aliens invading the world and trying to take over . This is sci-fi because the sub genre for it is alien invasion .

One of the main characters in the film ( Will Smith ) would appeal to an audience because he is one of the hero's in the film and he is black . This doesn't always happen in Hollywood films because the hero's are usually which men . Therefore , this would appeal to an audience because its something different .

The mise-en-scene in the film fits into the sci-fi genre because there is advanced weapons and air craft props that the aliens have which fits into the genre well .

The IMDb rating for independence day is 6.9/10 .
The reviews and ratings for the film by users is 5050 with some saying that the film is bad and some saying the film is good and questioning those that don't like it .
some comments include " Sometimes you wonder just how bad a movie can be " "Personally I think this is the best movie of the 90's " "It is absolute rubbish.v "

The budget of the film was 75 million US dollars . On the opening weekend , the film made 50,200,000 million US dollars .

One of the main characters ( Will Smith ) has appeared in other sci-fi and action movies like i robot . The director has also made many other sci-fi films like Godzilla and The Day After Tomorrow .

The main star in the film Will Smith .

None of the main characters in the film or the director is mentioned in the trailer .   

The audience would enjoy tense parts in the film and scenes where there is action and fighting .
One part of the film that the audience would enjoy is when the aliens first arrive . The audience would get visceral pleasure because they get a feeling of tension and excitement as the space ship arrives over America . A second part that the audience would enjoy is when the aliens attack . This is because the audience gets vicarious pleasure as they would feel sympathetic towards the people that are being attacked . They would also get voyeuristic pleasure because the audience can see how the different characters react in different situations . Finally , another part in the film the audience would enjoy is the presidents speech to the troops because they get voyeuristic as they can make a connection with the words that president says in his speech .