Transcript Science Fiction Movie Genre

Science Fiction
Presented by Tirzah Reilly
First characteristicThe Future
• Usually a sci-fi film will be featured in a
futuristic time period.
• (If it is in the past or present, it will have a
changed feature or technology that seems
unusually advanced.)
Second CharacteristicScience;/Technology
• The kind of science found in sci-fi films will
be advanced and will usually have a lot of
technology as part of it.
• Some examples:
– Robots
– Spaceships
– Time machines
– Formulas that make you change (like
Third Characteristic-
Alienss
• Aliens can be a main feature in Sci-Fi
films, though not all have them.
• Since most of the films are in the future,
there will most likely be space travel and
humans meeting or discovering aliens.
• Aliens can be friends, enemies, or animallike.
Astro Boy
Wall-E
• Summery: Humans have left the Earth as a large
trash dump while they live a (not-so-much) paradise
in space. Wall-E is a trash clean-up robot that is very
curious and soon love-struck with a beautiful robot
named Eve…
• Sci-Fi aspects:
– Robots
– Space Travel
– Earth disaster
– Advanced Technology
Avatar
• Summery: In the future, while mining a
new planet, humans create a program that
deals with the locals (aliens).
Iconic FigureCaptain Kirk
•Captain James T. Kirk is a
well known character from
the Sci-Fi films Star Trek.
•He is the captain of the
spaceship Enterprise in the
future (around the year
2250’s).
•He has many adventures
(exploring other planets,
going back in time) and has
human and alien friends.
Iconic Figure 2George Lucas
• George Lucas is well known
for being the creator of the
popular Sci-Fi films Star
Wars.
• He formed his own
company, called Lucasfilm
Ltd.
Bibliography
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www.filmsite.org/genres.html
www.filmjabber.com/movie/genres
www.imdb.com
http://www.filmsite.org/sci-fifilms.html