The two texts District 9 and "Once Upon a Time" both use genre to portray the idea of segregation in two different ways. District 9 uses a blend of the science fiction and documentary conventions whereas "Once Upon a Time" manipulates the conventions of the fairy tale genre. The use of manipulated fairy tale in "Once Upon a Time" shows us that neither side wins in segregation. "IN A HOUSE, in a suburb, in a city, there was a man and his wife who loved each other very much and were living happily ever after" is one of the most prominent examples of classic fairy tale language. Other examples of classic fairy tale include the character of the wise old witch and the building up of the houses which is symbolic of castles. By having classic fairy
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The film itself is a subtype of fiction known as speculative fiction whereby the creators of the film poses a question and then gives their version of how that scenario would likely play out, in this case that question is What would happen if an alien spacecraft came to a stop over the city of Johannesburg? This type of fiction contains lots of elements of narrative but still some realistic aspects. In the film, the realistic aspects are those conveyed in documentary style and the ‘what if’ type components are displayed through the science fiction parts. The majority of the film is set in science fiction narrative mode. We can tell this because the viewers can witness parts of the story line that would not make sense if it were in documentary mode, in that some of the things we see would be reported immediately if the authorities had seen it. The scene in which Christopher Johnson and his son are scrounging through the rubbish pile to find the fluid to power the spaceship to get home is a perfect example of narrative mode. The parts of the movie that are in documentary mode contain interviews, archival footage and interaction with the camera which are all known conventions of a documentary. The beginning of the film (first 19 minutes) is in documentary mode which gives us a lot of contexts to apply to the rest of the film to gain a deeper
The film itself is a subtype of fiction known as speculative fiction whereby the creators of the film poses a question and then gives their version of how that scenario would likely play out, in this case that question is What would happen if an alien spacecraft came to a stop over the city of Johannesburg? This type of fiction contains lots of elements of narrative but still some realistic aspects. In the film, the realistic aspects are those conveyed in documentary style and the ‘what if’ type components are displayed through the science fiction parts. The majority of the film is set in science fiction narrative mode. We can tell this because the viewers can witness parts of the story line that would not make sense if it were in documentary mode, in that some of the things we see would be reported immediately if the authorities had seen it. The scene in which Christopher Johnson and his son are scrounging through the rubbish pile to find the fluid to power the spaceship to get home is a perfect example of narrative mode. The parts of the movie that are in documentary mode contain interviews, archival footage and interaction with the camera which are all known conventions of a documentary. The beginning of the film (first 19 minutes) is in documentary mode which gives us a lot of contexts to apply to the rest of the film to gain a deeper