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The movie Safe falls under or can be catergorized as a clear cut paradigm as it relates to a particular genre. The movie can be categorized as a comedy, high suspense, thriller, science fiction or just plain old drama. It has the Hollywood conventional  aspect to how the film is structured, in terms of the theme, settings, presentation, story formulas, types of characters and the stars (actors) involved.It follows the convention but there is something that is non-coventional about it. All of these elements of a film have been evident in other films quite similar to this one, well what makes this film adhere to a certain genre? Is it not clear cut what the director was trying to get at? The real idea is that with paradigms they are so interchangable that it is not so easy for someone to place a film or style of a film in a set category. The same can be said about the movie I Am Legend. Consider the clip below from the movie where the “zombies” or infected mutant people decide to attack Dr. Robert (Will Smith).

The film appears to be a science fictional, action film. Some may argue that it is purely post apocalyptic because the movie gives a illusion of what could happen if we dont find a cure for cancer or what could happpen if the cure can become the cause. The same idea of Safe as being a sciene fiction film because it was telling the story of the AIDS pandemic that occurred around that time. The setting of the movie can influence the genre that this particular narrative may be categorized in. For example, the dark, eerie streets and sounds of the zombies waiting to make their move, makes us feels as though this film is a high suspense, science fiction movie. the shots of Will Smith battling the zombie gives the film a feel of it being an action film. It all depends on if the lighting, the setting and the shot that changes the whole perspective of how this film is categorized.