genre and narrative structure of back to the future.

I have chosen to do a sequence from back to the future part two, because I felt that there was far more writing around science fiction.
Genre is a specific type of media product/commodity. This seven-minute section has a predictable pleasure because the audience has come to expect certain things from a comedy/science fiction genre. They are in the future (stock setting and location) the iconography, hover boards self drying jackets and flying cars, are a visible symbol that identifies this genre. The stock situation (time travel) is another recognisable convention that has been used. The music is very upbeat and modern to make the genre more conventional. Aspects of the genres and generic code are not always clear, and have in this case developed into sub-genres the comedy of the almost caricature doctor who shouts 'Great Scott!' creates a whole new genre in this section. Audiences expect new methods and development and this section, I think, shows a new type of sci-fi du...