Media Studies
Elly Long
Genre analysis
Sci-fi Fantasy
Sci-Fis in themselves generally have a male protagonist focused on destroying the evil whom may be adept in some form of technology, hell bent on destroying/ controlling the world. This protagonist will have a female in mind, or have an accomplice who has one.
The female will be viewed as weak in some respect, but nonetheless strong willed; in the majority of scenes she will be wearing minimal/ tight, revealing outfits (occasionally in a future-style clothing, for ‘justification’)
An example of a sci-fi film would be Star Wars/ The Fifth Element.
Fantasies are somewhat similar in terms of character personas; be it the mainly naked woman, the hero etc. But, on the other hand, there is an element of adventure accompanying this genre, that there has to be a plot (the idea of the main character being nothing, trying to prove himself, on the way he encounters specific characters who aid/hinder his quest; saves the female who acts like she doesn’t like him; kills evil character; frees the land from eternal doom)
Examples of this are Lord of the Rings (in a general sense within reason) and somewhat The Dark Crystal.
For my film, I’d wish to incorporate a futuristic version (obviously loosely based upon) the idea of The Never Ending Story.
If I expand on this, a boy reads a book and an adventure plays out as he reads etc, whilst mine will combine a ‘modern’ idea (if not moreover futuristic) of a Virtual Reality Simulation, where she acts out different stages and in turn accidently brings it to the real world.
As well as this, for my two minutes, I was inspired by the movie Resident Evil Afterlife, in terms of the use of slow-motion for a lot of their shots.
(An Example of some slow motion shots) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dc5iiT0f1s
Genre analysis
Sci-fi Fantasy
Sci-Fis in themselves generally have a male protagonist focused on destroying the evil whom may be adept in some form of technology, hell bent on destroying/ controlling the world. This protagonist will have a female in mind, or have an accomplice who has one.
The female will be viewed as weak in some respect, but nonetheless strong willed; in the majority of scenes she will be wearing minimal/ tight, revealing outfits (occasionally in a future-style clothing, for ‘justification’)
An example of a sci-fi film would be Star Wars/ The Fifth Element.
Fantasies are somewhat similar in terms of character personas; be it the mainly naked woman, the hero etc. But, on the other hand, there is an element of adventure accompanying this genre, that there has to be a plot (the idea of the main character being nothing, trying to prove himself, on the way he encounters specific characters who aid/hinder his quest; saves the female who acts like she doesn’t like him; kills evil character; frees the land from eternal doom)
Examples of this are Lord of the Rings (in a general sense within reason) and somewhat The Dark Crystal.
For my film, I’d wish to incorporate a futuristic version (obviously loosely based upon) the idea of The Never Ending Story.
If I expand on this, a boy reads a book and an adventure plays out as he reads etc, whilst mine will combine a ‘modern’ idea (if not moreover futuristic) of a Virtual Reality Simulation, where she acts out different stages and in turn accidently brings it to the real world.
As well as this, for my two minutes, I was inspired by the movie Resident Evil Afterlife, in terms of the use of slow-motion for a lot of their shots.
(An Example of some slow motion shots) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dc5iiT0f1s
Resident Evil Afterlife contains a vague desire in terms of
zombies, but mainly screenshots and camera actions; this film is a Science
Fiction Action Horror, so is somewhat relevant to my film.
The general tone to it (the actual colour of the shots) are dark, grey and generally give of a cold, alienated feeling, which is something I may wish to include in my film. Nevertheless, my film is not a horror, so I can only use some aspects.
As mentioned before, one of the films somewhat similar to my genre is the Never Ending Story. Given its age rating (PG) I can use just the overall image as to what the film may stand for; not a moral reason or to necessarily get people into playing video games, but to pass on a message about people as individuals.
The whole aspect of another world (literally at someone’s fingertips) intrigues me, hence why I wish to claim basing my film on it- only in this case am I adding a futuristic, and potentially overall more entertaining aspect for an older audience. (Zombies & robots, blood, destruction etc.)
The only difference between my film and these is that the protagonist is a female.
Not only does it give a different aspect on the way to view the main character, but also enhances the struggle she faces between the antagonist who is male (also her the boy she befriends from his apocalypse)
All in all, there is definitely a presence of a linear story plot, in that the main character goes from nothing to everything, faces a problem, befriends those who aid/hinder her along the way then faces ultimate evil in a one-on-one battle. The major difference is, as mentioned, gender, in that the boy still holds the role of trying to persuade the female, yet the female plays hard to get. What I have done, is have it from her view, so that the audience can understand a familiar scenario from a different viewpoint, in a different scenario.
Then again, since I am only creating two minutes of the opening credits, I can only incorporate the female engaging in general battle in the simulation. In this, she shall be attacked, use weapons, healing utensils…just to set a basic mood for the rest of the film (which is not going to be created as said before). In this, I will hopefully emphasised her environment and the creatures she is facing by using slow-motion, changing the camera angles just to really get the emotion in her expression and show how such a world she has created, whilst scary if real, is actual just fun to her since she is under the impression that it is safe and that it is not real. This would then, if there was a further hour or so to it, show the horror of the scenario of how it all becomes reality and the danger it puts not only her, but the entire world through.
The general tone to it (the actual colour of the shots) are dark, grey and generally give of a cold, alienated feeling, which is something I may wish to include in my film. Nevertheless, my film is not a horror, so I can only use some aspects.
As mentioned before, one of the films somewhat similar to my genre is the Never Ending Story. Given its age rating (PG) I can use just the overall image as to what the film may stand for; not a moral reason or to necessarily get people into playing video games, but to pass on a message about people as individuals.
The whole aspect of another world (literally at someone’s fingertips) intrigues me, hence why I wish to claim basing my film on it- only in this case am I adding a futuristic, and potentially overall more entertaining aspect for an older audience. (Zombies & robots, blood, destruction etc.)
The only difference between my film and these is that the protagonist is a female.
Not only does it give a different aspect on the way to view the main character, but also enhances the struggle she faces between the antagonist who is male (also her the boy she befriends from his apocalypse)
All in all, there is definitely a presence of a linear story plot, in that the main character goes from nothing to everything, faces a problem, befriends those who aid/hinder her along the way then faces ultimate evil in a one-on-one battle. The major difference is, as mentioned, gender, in that the boy still holds the role of trying to persuade the female, yet the female plays hard to get. What I have done, is have it from her view, so that the audience can understand a familiar scenario from a different viewpoint, in a different scenario.
Then again, since I am only creating two minutes of the opening credits, I can only incorporate the female engaging in general battle in the simulation. In this, she shall be attacked, use weapons, healing utensils…just to set a basic mood for the rest of the film (which is not going to be created as said before). In this, I will hopefully emphasised her environment and the creatures she is facing by using slow-motion, changing the camera angles just to really get the emotion in her expression and show how such a world she has created, whilst scary if real, is actual just fun to her since she is under the impression that it is safe and that it is not real. This would then, if there was a further hour or so to it, show the horror of the scenario of how it all becomes reality and the danger it puts not only her, but the entire world through.
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