Genre Homework

Guardians of the Galaxy

               

The film 'guardians of the galaxy' is a hybrid genre most known for sci-fi but including action, fantasy and comedy. The themes of this movie are family, love, sacrifice and adventure. This is evident through the use of generic codes, specifically mise-en-scene. The setting helps us realise what genre it is by the spaceships flying through the universe past all the different planets. The props show that the genre is set in the future due to the weapons used. The weapons are advanced technology and are not the usual weapons that would appear in films such as The Godfather. Also, the majority of the mise-en-scene is futuristic compared to settings and normal things in everyday life. The bizarre creatures/aliens seen throughout the trailer are also normally identified with genres such as sci-fi. Throughout the trailer the lead characters are shot in close ups and medium close ups and edited in montages showing their abilities and differences. For example, Gamora is shot breaking the ship in a medium close up, the camera goes goes from a medium close up to a close up of Starlord, Drax, Rocket Raccoon and then Groot. The shots show the characters individualities and make the audience grow to love them. The  There are many binary oppositions in this trailer such as good vs evil, love vs loss, new technology vs old technology that connotes that it is a sci-fi genre. The background music goes well with this trailer and implies that it is full of action, it does this as the music builds up and is fast paced connoting that the future is also fast paced and overpowering. The music shows how bold and immense the film will be and the events that will take place, along with the battles. 

A narrative code for this genre is that it is restricted to a certain extent. This is because it leaves us asking questions such as 'what's going to happen? who will win; the good guys or the bad guys?' and we don't know any more than the characters do; almost like we're in it together. Another narrative code is the dialogue. The speech used is not what we would expect to hear from a sci-fi film as there are no