Iconography

Iconography is an important aspect of genre. We expect to see certain objects on screen when we see a particular genre. For example in a dystopian genre you would expect to see futuristic technology, something that is falling apart with the world or there is something wrong with the world like a disease. It may also make you think of all the different special effects that are used to create the dystopian feel. A lot of the time dystopian films are also sci-fi films so in a lot of dystopian films you could expect to see space elements like aliens and planets.