HUMANS - Analysis

HUMANS - analysis 

 Allegory: a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. A metaphor that makes a broader comment on society. 

 Zeitgeist: The 'spirit of the time'

  • Humans can comment of themes of slavery, and how materialistic the world is today. Needing things that aren't necessary but just want it anyway. 
  • Exploiting the modern day technology but not knowing the actual worth.

Sci-fi genre 
Using the concepts of allegory and zeitgeist, media producers can encode a range of ideological perspectives that may not be apparent to all audiences. 

Image result for godzilla japan 1950Sci-fi Posters: 
  • The Godzilla (1954) itself can be a metaphor for the atomic bomb
  • The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
  • causing massive damage and high death toll






Image result for invasion of the saucer menInvasion of the saucer man - 1957 
  • conspiracy theories around the supernatural and beliefs around aliens 
  • The Roswell incident, caused big discussion on the belief of aliens and scared society. This genre used this to create proposed narratives around abduction and aliens. 
Independence Day (USA,1996)
    Image result for independence day film
  • The white house shows the significance of this narrative, showing global scale
  • Independence day, important day for America. 








Allegorical aspects 

What sci-fi genre conventions can you identify?
  • Robots
  • High tech background music
  • Flashbacks 

How do they explore real world issues?
  • Racism
  • The scare of how fast modern technology is developing 
  • Sexualisation 
  • Prostitution  
  • Materialism 
  • Unpaid labour/ slavery 
  • Commodity fetishism 
What impact does this have on the spectator? 
  • Creates tension for the spectator, makes them feel uncomfortable to how realistically futuristic this is.
  • Makes the spectator fear the future and if this could potentially happen. 

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