Key words for science fiction film

Synergy-  the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects

Convergence - Media convergence is the merging of mass communication outlets – print, television, radio, the Internet along with portable and interactive technologies through various digital media platforms

B movie - a low-budget film of inferior quality made for use as a supporting feature in a cinema programme

Ontological –   it refers to the subject of existence and what it means to be human

Dystopia- A dystopia is a community or society that is undesirable or frightening

Intertextuality - Intertextuality is the shaping of a text's meaning by another text. Intertextual figures include: allusion, quotation, calque, plagiarism, translation, pastiche and parody

Iconography-  Iconography is an important aspect of genre. We expect to see certain objects on screen when we see a particular genre, for example, in a Western, dusty lonely roads, saloon bars, cowboy hats and horses, jails, sheriffs badges, guns, etc..

 Mise- en scene - the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play. the setting or surroundings of an event.

 

Binary opposites- A binary opposition (also binary system) is a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning. Binary opposition is the system by which, in language and thought, two theoretical opposites are strictly defined and set off against one another.

 Ideology- a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.