Research a genre of your choice and discuss what topic/issues it raises. Genre: Science Fiction The genre science fiction, commonly known as sci-fi, has gained massive popularity in the recent decades due to blockbuster hits such as Star Wars and Back to The Future. In these films, humanity is shown to have a higher advancement of technology than what is currently available, creating a limitless world for the writers to toy with. The first issue shown in the sci-fi genre is that it doesn’t appeal to all audiences due to it having unrealistic features which could turn people aware from the genre. On the other hand, this may cause people enjoy science fiction more due to it being very different from different movies because of its wide variety of options. Another issue is that it plays with people’s fears by using themes like alien invasions or zombie apocalypses. An example of this is time travel and how it can affect the future for the better or the worse in little or
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Post/write-up a short analysis of 1 sequence of your choice Back to the future part 2: Rooftop scene Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zIzLRgwdxA The Scene begins with a low angle shot of Marty jumping of a rail which is follow by a cut to a to high angle tracking shot which follows him up to the roof. Then it does a cut to Marty running to the edge of the building in a medium long shot to a medium shot which cuts to a bird’s eye view or crane shot to show the audience the height of the tower symbolising the danger he is in. we then get a long shot of the roof top with Marty in the distance as Biff enters. We then get a shot reverse shot between Biff and Marty which is shot into quarters with Biff on the left side of the screen and Marty on the Right side of the screen throughout their dialogue between each other. We then get another the shoulder shot of Biff’s point of view with his gun showing the audience the two possible ways the scene could go. We then get a m