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.
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