SCI-FI FILM GENRE

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SCI-FI FILM GENRE BY: PIERRE BRIEL & RYAN MCPHAIL

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SCI-FI FILM GENRE. BY: PIERRE BRIEL & RYAN MCPHAIL. BASICS OF SCI-FI GENRE. Many common things in the genre are: Flying saucers Aliens Monsters(created by science or otherwise) Lasers Space battles Robots. SETTINGS. Earth Space Other Planets. ACTORS. Michael Rennie - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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SCI-FI FILM GENRE

SCI-FI FILM GENREBY: PIERRE BRIEL&RYAN MCPHAIL

BASICS OF SCI-FI GENRE Many common things in the genre are:Flying saucersAliensMonsters(created by science or otherwise)LasersSpace battlesRobots

SETTINGSEarthSpaceOther Planets

ACTORSMichael RennieLance HenriksonDonald SutherLandDoug JonesMichael BiehnMark Hamill

SOME EXAMPLES OF CLASSIC SCI FI STORIESAliens invade EarthHumans go to other planetsScientists create Monsters

THE WAR OF THE WORLDSDr. Clayton Forrester sees a meteor and along with Sylvia Van Buren, and Dr. Matthew Collins go to the crash site and it turns out to be a Martian war machine. The machine attacks and the military and Dr. Collins are killed. Forrester and Van Buren hide in a farm house which the Martians look through with and electronic eye. The air force then drops an atomic bomb on the machines and it does nothing. Forrester and Van Buren then find a church in which there are other survivors and find out the Martians cannot handle the bacteria and viruses on Earth.Directed by: Byron Haskin

THE WAR OF THE WORLDSBased on the novel by H.G. Wells.Famous for its effects.One of the most famous alien filmsMade famous by Orson Wells radio broadcast that caused mass panic

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILLThe military finds a flying saucer in the park and its inhabitant, the alien Klaatu exits from it. After he is shot and wounded by a soldier his robot Gort disintegrates all of the weapons. As it turns out Klaatu came to Earth on a goodwill mission. Klaatu escapes to a boardinghouse and seeks refuge with the family. The son Bobby then takes Klaatu on a tour of Washington DC. Klaatu then meets with a scientist and tells him that he came here because mankind has discovered atomic power. In the end Klaatu leaves the planet with Gort and warns the humans that if the humans take their violence to space robots will destroy the Earth.

Directed by: Robert WiseMusic By: Bernard Herrmann

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILLFamous for its effects and the robot GORTStarted the catch phrase Klaatu Barada NiktoIs considered to be one of the best sci fi films of all time.Chosen for preservation I n the National Film Registry in 1995 An alien called

AVATARIn the future on a Planet called Pandora a company called RDA mines a valuable mineral. A security force called Spec-Ops need oxygen masks because the atmosphere of Pandora is toxic to humans. On Pandora lives the native creatures called Navi. They live in nature and worship their god Eywa. The humans have grown Navi bodies they call avatars which can survive in the atmosphere and be controlled by a soldier. Jake Sully is a paraplegic marine that takes control of an avatar. The native species attack his avatar and he is taken to the Navi village. Soon the military attacks to take more of the mineral and Jake uses his avatar to fight the military. The personnel are expelled from Pandora and Jake and some others live with Navi.

Directed by: James Cameron

AVATARThe highest grossing film of all timeFamous for its groundbreaking effectsJames Cameron started writing it in 1994Nominated for nine Academy Awards won three of them

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Other films you may want to check out:Close Encounters Of The Third KindThe TerminatorE.T. The ExtraterrestrialAlien, etc