Analysis of scene 2 of Fish Tank

Mia, after entering her home, goes straight to her pet dog. Along with other scenes such as the one where she tries to steal the horse, this shows that she only gives affection only to animals and prioritises them over humans, possibly because she sees the other humans in her neighbourhood as hostiles, showing her aspirations for a better life away from where she is living now.

After receiving a telling off from her mother, she shouts "you're what's wrong with me", this suggests that she wants to be the authority figure of the household due to the lack of a father figure (which is typically an authority figure in the Social Realism genre) and her mother is trying to prevent this by governing her.

As she lies on her bed after storming upstairs away from her mother, there are shots of old school pictures of Mia with a female friend which suggest that her attitude and personality have become more aggressive over time as she is no longer in school and seems to be hostile to any female shown in the film.

She may not just wear sportswear because it's cheap, it may be to give the impression that she is an athletic, physically tough person or to show her aspirations of becoming a dancer.

A typical convention of the Social Realism genre is the use of hand held cameras, these capture the protagonist's point of view so that the audience understands their intentions and the narrative. This is shown in Fish Tank as Mia enters the flat to an over-shoulder shot of her point of view of her home. This effectively views the flat from her perspective of what she calls home.

Most texts today mix genres. How true is this of your three main texts? (just District 9)

District 9 is a prime example of how most texts today mix genres. This film features conventions of two varying types of genres, which is known as a "hybrid".

District 9 consists of a hybrid of documentary style and Sci-Fi film conventions, some of which more subtle than others. For example, the vast use of stock footage and edited news headlines on screen at the film's opening and ending scene show obvious conventions of a documentary style text, whereas the blood splatters on the camera lens shown in the fight scene towards the end of the film give subtle connotations of how this film is being presented as realistic as possible; typical of an informative, documentary style text.