Sci-fiBy Amy Shields

What is the genre sci-fi.• Sci-fi stands for science fiction.• fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.• Some examples for sci-fi films are:

• Star trek• Spiderman• E.T• Avatar• The matrix • Men in black• Interstellar• Oblivion

Codes and Conventions of Sci-Fi filmsScience fiction conventions:• Narrative

elements• Symbolism• Film techniques• Setting

(time/place)

Audience of Sci-Fi films

Moon Star Trek Hunger Games

By looking at the average number of how many people watch sci-fi films, it appears to show that overall, sci-fi films

seem to appeal more to a male audience aged 17-29.

Sci-fi across the years• 1873 cowboys and aliens• 1885 back to the future part 3• 1899 the time machine• 1947 independence day• 1957 Indiana jones and the

kingdom of the crystal skull• 1972 planet of the apes• 1977 the omega man• 1982 district 9• 1985 back to the future • 1986 star trek IV

• 1994 time cop• 1996 star trek II• 1997 terminator 2• 2000 death race 2000• 2001 a space odyssey• 2004 time cop• 2007 transformers• 2010 the tear we make

contact• 2012 I AM legend• 2013 the postman• 2015 advengers