Sci-fi Films

Science Fiction is a genre of film that deals with imagined innovations in science and technology.

• The settings are usually completely different to known reality,
• They are most often set on spaceships, deep out of space and other planets,
• Technology contradicts the known laws of nature,
• they quite often are films of discovery.

a definition that was given to sci-fi by was "a handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present"

examples of well known sci-fi films include star wars(trilogy started in 1977 with episode IV: a new hope) and Fith Element (1997)

Musicals

When Musicals were first made they went throught a faze of popularity from 1927 - 1931 with musicals coming out such as '42nd Street' directed by Lloyd Bacon.
MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) and RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) were famous for making musicals such as:

• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• Singing in the rain (1952)

Musicals are based on combinations of music, dance and songs, They were created to synchronise live music and film. At first many musicals were 'revues' programs of numbers with little or no narrative links.
Most were based on 'American ordeals' such as Love, success, wealth and popularity.
The subject of musical made it difficult to define iconography.
Iconography settings - Dressing rooms, studios, night clubs
Iconography costumes - Fred Estairs Top hat, John Travoltas White suit, the umbrella from singing in the rain.
Two plot patterns of the musical genre emerged in 1930

• The Backstage musical
• The straight musical

Musixals are brightly lit to highlight costumes and settings and the dancing is well placed on stage, crane shots are also used alot to get a full view of the cast.