Genre/Neale
Genre: Sci-fi, action comedy
Convention: Iconography and Narrative Considerations because
the jumps between realities of the multiverse – and the whole concept of the
multiverse – in addition to the special effects (the travel between universes
through the chair) indicate that its genre is science fiction.
Subversion genre: The protagonist is a middle-aged Asian American woman (cultural effect) and mother (social context)
Sci-fi and action combined with comedy is relevant because it engages the audience and the real-life situations make the audience relatable and at the same time combine it with fictional situations.
Still video from Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Genre: Horror satire, theatrical
Convention: Iconography, because of the costumes, masks,
lights, stages, music of the 70s and the exaggerated reactions of the
characters make it look like a satire.
Genre subversion: obsession with being famous (cultural
effect) because the protagonist made a deal with the devil to be a pop star and
also kills to achieve his goals.
Hybridity: A horror satire, the protagonist kills in an absurd and comical way (with the reed opener) and says absurd costumes at the same time.
Genre: Romance, Sci-fi, horror
Convention: Iconography, The technological elements, the
special effects of the computer trying to separate them and the computer
becoming aware makes it look like sci-fi.
Genre subversion: historical effects, in the 80s,
technology, especially computers, was still very recent and many people feared
it because of speculations that they would take control and that they were
capable of weighing on their own.
Romance combined with sci-fi, because it mixes the love of
technology -computer- for the user and the love of the user for the girl. Since
computers have no consciousness or feelings, then it would be sci-fi too.
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