Genre: Science-Fiction
Five conventions: Narrative considerations is best used to determine this genre. This film explores the idea of multiple dimensions, which is an idea commonly explored in other science fiction films.
Text Genre Subversion: Cultural effects apply to the film because of the representation and diversity through most of the cast being Asian.
Genre hybridity: The main genre is science-fiction but Everything Everywhere All At Once also incorporates action, which helps create the characterization of the different "lives" the main character lives. Drama is also included while the character is navigating family conflicts.
Genre: Horror
Five conventions: Iconography is best used to determine this genre. The film explores multiple aspects of mise en scene including distinct settings, costumes, and makeup. For example, the villain is introduced in a mask (costume) that is easily identifiable throughout the film. Most of the other costumes are colorful and vibrant, which makes a noticeable contrast with the phantoms all black costume.
Text Genre Subversion: Character-driven motifs apply to this film because the audience will expect the phantom to be the villain immediately from the first clip in the trailer.
Genre hybridity: Horror and music (musical genre) are both used to create the plot of the movie: the phantom plans on ruining the life of a record producer who betrays him.
Genre: Comedy
Five conventions: Verisimilitude can be used to determine this genre. This film would have high verisimilitude. Even though the computer is personified (which could seem like limited verisimilitude), the film shows a real vision for what people in the 1980s thought computers were capable of. The computer seems to be ruining this man's life and his chances with his love interest, and even though the computer is not human, through the power of artificial intelligence this is something that is seen as a future reality.
Text Genre Subversion: Audience saturation effects apply to the film because the audience will have specific expectations from the romance and comedy genres. This film explores the love triangle trope, but an unusual one. The love-triangle trope is unusual in this film because the third figure is a computer, rather than a human.
Genre hybridity: Along with comedy, this film also explores the romance genre as the main character has a main love interest throughout the movie. Also, science-fiction also applies to this film because it tackles how technology can influence everyday life.
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