futurist film. definitions 1: sf science fiction robert a. heinlein. 1959.robert a. heinlein...
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Futurist Film
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Definitions 1: SF
Science Fiction Robert A. Heinlein. 1959.
“ Realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method.”
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Definitions 2: Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting. Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three (collectively known as speculative fiction).
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Definitions 3: Horror
Horror:
Any flick designed to scare your date into your lap.
Linda Williams (Berkeley): Horror, melodrama, and pornography are body genres.
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Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
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Futurist SF
Focus of this class: SF film that deals with future
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Futurist film
Film about a timeframe yet to come Film displaying values and ideas
seeking to release from the past Film of prediction, extrapolation, or
speculation on future events Film about time travel to future
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Futurist motifs
Recurrent themes persist that reveal psychological and social focus
Effect of technology on life Analysis may reveal sub-sub-genres
and markers.
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Space motif
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Space motif includes:
Exploration Invasion
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1951
Invasion as Cold War parable
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Invasion as possession
Alien
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What are the motifs?
--Images
--Props, costumes, ‘looks’
--Fads, themes, memes
--Sub-genre markers
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What is the message?
Correlations to social, psychological issues
Propaganda Claims Iconic display
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Film iconography
Visual motifs as signals:
by film makers and audiences at time of manufacture and today.
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Kitsch & Camp
--Aesthetic of bad taste and irony --Contemporary view of retro future --Art history and stylistic analysis --Image criticism
One iconographic approach
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Here’s how you can play
Research paper PPT presentation
SF classic written text c&c movie(s) Anachronon c&c
C&C of written or visual text
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What is the future of future?
What affects current views? What is your view of the future? How does ‘future’ work? How will futurians view us? Is time a river?
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