The Analysis of the Independence Day Film
Film - Independence Day
Independence Day and action Sci-Fi directed by Roland Emmerich was
released in 1996 and starred will smith, Jeff Goldblum and bill
Pullman. The plot of the film is fairly simple, earth is under threat
from alien invasion and all we can do is fight back, the basic story
is the same as many other sci-fi films like war of the worlds and mars
attack. The conventions of the film are the same as any other sci-fi,
there are aliens with advanced technology and threat of war or
invasion, so the audience roughly no what to expect from the film
Pre-release the producers excellently advertised the film to
audiences, the film is well known for having one of the most memorable
trailers, where alien ship obliterates the white house.
Although this gave away the plot of the film it did not make the film
any less successful, this is due to the way it was done and the
effects used which made the viewers want to see more.
The characters like the film are typical to sci-fi films, David (Jeff
Goldblum) is one of the protagonists, he is a scientist and a bit of a
nerd, he is the flawed hero who is imperfect and who the audience can
relate to while captain Steven (will smith) another protagonist is the
typical hero who is cool, confident, well liked and seems to be
perfect .In this sci-fi film there is also the comical
character/village idiot who is Russell (randy quaid), he is a failed
father, a drunk and is ridiculed by all ,this makes the audience feel
sympathetic towards him .He claims to have been abducted by aliens but
no one believes him ,this is ironic because there are r...
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...re supposedly down But when
the US military attempt to shoot the alien ships, nothing happens. We
think they have failed in their attempts to break the alien defenses
but in the end it turns out the virus has worked and the alien
defenses are down. More tension is then created simultaneously when
the scene cuts to David and captain Steven who are stuck in the mother
ship, as heroes they decide to blow the ship up with themselves still
inside it, when they release the bomb to blow the ship up they are set
free and are involved in a high speed chase with smaller alien ships,
this type of scene is often associated with action films, this is the
resolution of the film.
In conclusion the film is typical of the sci-fi action genre and the
audiences expectations are met by all the usual conventions of this
type of film.
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and taken out, to make the film shorter. In the 2002 film a lot more
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It is used very well as the tension is not kept going for too long. It
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The film may have edited out one of the drastic details that made the novel’s success, explaining the film’s failure.
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done in order for the movie to fit exactly into place. In the story the little details is what makes it