SCI-FI
Short for science fiction
What is Science Fiction ?
fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.
I found a complition of sci-fi films on youtube which i found intresting and helped me understand what a sci-fi film is.
Conventions
Where are most sci-films set?
Click through some examples of sci-fi movies
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Examples and analysis
Example one- E.T
From this clip it is easy to see why ET is established as a sci-fi. Directed by Steven Spielberg ET follows the friendship between a yound human boy and an alien. Sci-fi is often viewed as either advances in science eg the discovery of an alien, aswell as a change in society. Although ET is set in suburbian America the arrival of an alien distrubs this as Spielberg highlights the the film. The close up of ET- the alien and the high angle shot of the bicylce flying over the forest are clear evidence of science fiction as this wouldnt occur normally, however in the future flying bicylces could be possible. The shaky cam establishes a sense of realism to the scene which is what allows the film to be so heart-wrenching.
Click on the image to be directed to an article I read about ET which i found very usefull
Example 2- Star Wars
Plot Overview
"30 years after the defeat of Darth Vader and the Empire, Rey, a scavenger from the planet Jakku, finds a BB-8 droid that knows the whereabouts of the long lost Luke Skywalker. Rey, as well as a rogue stormtrooper and two smugglers, are thrown into the middle of a battle between the Resistance and the daunting legions of the First Order" - IMDB Review
Star Wars created by George Lucas is possiby one of the most famous sci-fi film ever created. Filled with fictional character and technolgy that we can only dream of. From this clip the establishing shot of the desert setting and the robot beside the girl, the technolgy used in the film is that of science-fiction as it uses science to imagine the impaulsable could be made possible. The shaky cam of the spaceships flying spaceships adds to the drama of the scee and mimics the movements of the spaceship. The zoom in (into the spaceships) highlights how that this technolgy will soon be possibly in time