Showing posts with label sci-fi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sci-fi. Show all posts

Wednesday, 16 January 2019

CSP TV Dr Who 1963

BBC SIGNS WORLD (NOT UK, IRELAND) EXCLUSIVE DEAL WITH DIANEY+ FOR DR WHO OCT 2022 Guardian. 'The president of Disney+, Alisa Bowen, said the show would be introduced to the next generation of audiences in more than 150 markets.'

https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/sainsbury-s-brings-doctor-who-romana-and-k-9-to-vinyl
tbc

https://venturebeat.com/2019/06/29/doctor-who-the-edge-of-time-daleks-and-weeping-angels-come-to-life-in-vr/

Tuesday, 3 May 2016

SCI-FI TEASER TRAILERS Ghostbusters and Star wars

Lets take 2 examples of marketing materials for prominent sci-fi movies:

Ghostbusters:

Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures (also known as Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.) is an American film production and distribution studio of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group,[1] a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.[2] It is one of the leading film studios in the world, a member of the so-called Big Six. [Wiki]
Budget$154 million[1]
Starring
Directed byPaul Feig
Paul Samuel Feig /ˈfɡ/[1] (born September 17, 1962) is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the 2011 film Bridesmaids, featuring Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy. Feig also directed the comedy films The Heat (2013) starring McCarthy and Sandra Bullock, and Spy (2015) which stars McCarthy,Jason Statham, and Jude Law. [Wiki]
Original theme tune.
Original 1984 trailer.
Matrix used sci-fi green for its title sequence [Reloaded] (and the company ident also).
Dr Who intertextuality?
Full Ghostbusters trailer .. the most hated in history?!



Star Wars: Force Awakens:

Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Sci-Fi Films on YouTube

You can find more than just trailers on YouTube: many older films, now out of copyright, are viewable in full, plus many more recent examples (rights holders get paid for advertising that YouTube inserts).

The following YouTube search will bring up multiple playlists of full movies:
science fiction films full movie
I've created playlists using some of these, plus newer examples (trailers, not full movies) - you can create your own too to help with your research (you could save features, documentaries etc as well as films/trailers).

The links below are for BBFC pages, explaining why they got this rating - all the same bar the last two...
Avatar, The Force Awakens, Cowboys vs Aliens, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Terminator Genisys, Pacific Rim, Paul, Men in Black 3


We will use this 1950 movie (Destination Moon) as an example for initial analysis, thinking about issues such as representation of gender, business/government, enemy/threat/'the other', mise-en-scene...



This is a better known 'classic':


This one you may have read!


Hybridity isn't a new idea...


A good example of how postmodern irony has become common - and how some movies do target an older primary target audience!


A good example of hybridity:



SOME DOCS ON SCI-FI



71 SCI-FI DOCS
By another YouTuber ('User')



50s/60s + some older sci-fi...


Recent sci-fi film trailers
In order: AvatarThe Force AwakensCowboys vs AliensX-Men: Days of Future PastTerminator GenisysPacific RimPaul, Men in Black 3





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Wednesday, 23 March 2016

SCIENCE FICTION FILM books



You can also find a complete online course, with videos of lectures, at http://virtual-sf.com/.

6 classic sci-fi films. Reading is important ... but so is VIEWING!!!
I'll be adding more online sources you can access.
Some of the following will be available through the Library shortly.
You can find a huge list of books and articles at this US university's Library website.



Used for fictional works that rely on advanced technology, scientific development, or encounter with alien life, to make the narrative possible. Stories frequently have a prophetic nature, forecasting how technological changes may impact society in the years to come. The likely future is often seen as dehumanized, dystopian, or post-apocalyptic. May be set on both Earth or in outer space, and (most often) in the future, although sometimes set in the present or past. Horror may overlap with Science fiction when advanced technology or alien life prove malevolent and terrifying. [WorldCat]
One of your key research tasks is to come to a clear, detailed definition of the genre ... but you will find that there are many opinions on this ... The above quote is a good starting point. Start to consider which films provide examples of fitting this ... and any that might challenge it!!!




ONLINE

GENERAL
The monomyth ... see Carl the Critic link!

The Wiki. (History of the genre here)

FilmSite guide.

Sci-fi sub-genres.

BFI (British Film Institute) - detailed and not an easy read, but very useful. You will also find detailed reviews of many sci-fi films linked along the right.

BBC: sci-fi is very hard to accurately define!
More on the BBC site.

Quotes on defining the genre (not a great source, but some useful quotes)

Carl the Critic - detailed guide including useful narrative theory: Campbell and the monomyth (hero's journey)...

Discussion on the genre.

Popmatters - problems with the genre and what you can learn from the film Moon.

3 reasons why sci-fi is the greatest genre.