CASE STUDY

1. BACK TO THE FUTURE
A landmark film in the genre of science fiction, Back to
the future made science fiction mainstream and was
loved by many audiences.

2. THE FRANCHISE
The back to the future franchise consisted of three films:
 Back to the Future (1985)
 Back to the Future Part II (1989)
 Back to the Future Part III (1990)
The first film was the highest-grossing film of 1985 and
became an international phenomenon, leading to the
second and third films, which were back-to-back film
productions, released in 1989 and 1990, respectively.
Though the sequels did not perform quite as well at the
box office as the first film, the trilogy remains immensely
popular after a quarter-century

3. PLOT SUMMARY:
The franchise follows the
adventures of a high
school student, Marty
McFly (Michael J. Fox),
and an eccentric
scientist, Dr. Emmett L.
Brown (Christopher
Lloyd), as they use
a DeLorean time
machine to time travel to
different periods in the
history of Hill Valley,
California.
 Marty McFly
 Dr. Emmet L. Brown
MAIN CHARACTERS:

4. BACK TO THE FUTURE: REVIEW
10/10
Back To The Future is such an inventive and exciting piece of filmmaking that it is
impossible to forget about it. The casting of every character involved was
absolutely perfect, and the performances were spectacular. I first saw this film
when I was six years old, and it is the only movie that I know of that I don't think I
could ever get sick of.
One of the best things about Back To The Future is that it really makes you think.
You can have in-depth conversations about the plausibility of the story-line and
spend hours discussing the film. The story is awesome, it is delivered cleverly and
entertainingly, and the movie as a whole is just so much FUN that it can be
forgiven whatever number of time-travel discrepancies that may be found in the
plot.
I cannot recommend this movie enough. I have never found a movie other than this
one that provides such a huge dose of great fun, and it has the desirable quality
where you are able to see something new each time you see it. The only problem
is that they stopped at part III.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/reviews?ref_=tt_ql_8

5. MONEY
As you can see all three films were extremely successful
(the first one more so) and made a hefty profit.

6. INSTITUTION
 Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
 Written by: Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale
 Produced by: Amblin Entertainment
 Distributed by: Universal Pictures

7. CODES AND
CONVENTIONS
 Back to the future
contains some of the
codes and conventions
seen in science fiction
films:
 Advanced technology
 Time travel
 The ‘What if (time
travel was invented)’
question
The prioritised
target audience
was the
American family
and teenagers
AUDIENCE

8. REPRESENTATION
There are representations of some teenage groups
and parents within the films:
o Teenage girls- they are shown to be loving (and on
more than one occasion) but also calm and cool
o Teenage boys- they are shown to be cool but also,
in Mr McFly’s case, a bit nerdy. But this connotes
the audience view of science fiction but then Marty
tries to show it isn't so bad
o Bullies are shown to be the villain but are then put
in their places at the end
o Parents are shown as hypocritical and but also not
as bad as you think they may be