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Futurist Film
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.”
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).
Definitions 3: Horror
Horror:
Any flick designed to scare your date into your lap.
Linda Williams (Berkeley): Horror, melodrama, and pornography are body genres.
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
Futurist SF
Focus of this class: SF film that deals with future
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
Futurist motifs
Recurrent themes persist that reveal psychological and social focus
Effect of technology on life Analysis may reveal sub-sub-genres
and markers.
Space motif
Space motif includes:
Exploration Invasion
1951
Invasion as Cold War parable
Invasion as possession
Alien
What are the motifs?
--Images
--Props, costumes, ‘looks’
--Fads, themes, memes
--Sub-genre markers
What is the message?
Correlations to social, psychological issues
Propaganda Claims Iconic display
Film iconography
Visual motifs as signals:
by film makers and audiences at time of manufacture and today.
Kitsch & Camp
--Aesthetic of bad taste and irony --Contemporary view of retro future --Art history and stylistic analysis --Image criticism
One iconographic approach
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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