Science in Sci-fi

Snappy the Dog

This was a clone of a 3 year old Afghan hound, delivered by a labrador retriever. Out of 123 surrogate mothers were sed, only 3 pregnancies were resulted - one pup miscarriages, one died from pneumonia 3 weeks after its birth, and the sole survivor snappy survived properly.

to create him, a cell behind the afghan dog's ear was taken.

Dolly the sheep

Cloned sheep - split embryo. you know what this is you did it in science nub.

Cloning examples in movies

The clonus Horror (1979) isa movie about a secret society cloning themselves as replacement organs for themselves. one of the clones escapes and finds help, but subsequently goes back and is killed along with other people. aside the really weak plot and poor character development - it highlights ethical issues with cloning of this caliber, as it highlights what society could become like when people unlock the full secrets of cloning,

Weak dudes in the media
The edge of tomorrow shows William Cage, a sickish officer. he gets drafted  into the front line, and dies strait away - but affected by the blood of a mimic, he can not be killed, the day will restart - like groundhogs day. He starts out with next to no military training, getting killed a lot of times without actually killing anything himself.

Sarah Conner - women in sci-fi

Sarah Conner in T1 (above) VS Sarah Conner in T2 (below)From these two photos you can see the clear difference in the representation of women in the series "Terminator". The first one shows a more feminine, stereotypical woman, living a day to day life. However, the one below shows a more musclar woman. It shows of a counter type to the woman she was in Terminator 1.

Sarah Conner in T1(above) - Sarah Conner in T2 (below)

This is a demonstration of how Sarah would react to violence in T1 and T2. T1 Sarah would hide away while feeling terrified. This is also a very large steriotype as this is what the community of 1984 would have believed to be a more "real woman", This is where the counter type Sarah steps in from T2, while still having a sense of fear - she is fighting for her life. Even to when T2 was released - this would have not been seen as a normal "woman reaction". This can show how the company behind this movie really tried to break down a barrier in the media.

H G Wells' novel The War of the Worlds 

it was broadcast on radio, and it made the listeners think there was an actual alien invasion, creating panic and mass hysteria across America.

The hypodermic needle model

This theory states that people listen/watch/read media texts and believe every part of every media message they are told. they consume it like a drug strait to the brain. It is the effect of brainwashing someone. If the Hypodermic Needle model is to be believed, then the audience is passive.

Uses and gratifications

 Jay Bulmer and Elihu Katz developed an audience theory that allows us to see what people do with their media rather then what the media does to them.

• Entertainment - diversion or escape from day-to-day routines.
• relationships - where they use to test to form relationships with others, e.g..e. online communities, discussion with friends.
• information - learning about the world, learning new things.
• Identify - where the text helps you to identify with something and to reinforce your own values.

Remember text can be any type of media, such as a book, image, film, audio or a video.

Time Travel

Starter

I would live around the year 2060. i say this as by this point, earth would either be massive improved or baron wastelands. Hopefully by this point commercial space travel is possible and i would go live either in space or on another planet which is more new and less "day to day" then earth. I would try to sway others off the cliche path of taking control and just causing a massive mess of everything.

http://www.physics.org/article-questions.asp?id=131

There is a strong presence of "time travel" in the film interstellar. it includes aspects such as relative time, and how one planets time = 7 years on earth. this is done and explained through relative gravity of earth being on one side of a wormhole, while "Miller's planet" was  

Case study: space travel film

The Martian

year of release - 2016
director - Ridley scott

actors 

Matt Damon

Jessica Chastain

Kristen Wiig

Jeff Daniels

Michael Pena

Sean Bean

Kate Mara

narrative

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. However, Watney survives and finds himself stranded and alone on a hostile planet. with minimal supplies, he has to use his soil and spirit to survive and send that crucial signal back to earth that he is alive. NASA and a team of international scientists strive to bring him home.

Iconography

There is a lot of iconography in this, such as the use of the company NASA. People instantly recognise them as the leading space agency so there icons to the Sci-Fi world. There is also the very typical use of the "stack" rocket. tis is where the staging modules of the rocket are one above the other and is a very typical and recognisable idea of space travel.

Character types

not many classic character types, Watney (Damon) being the main protagonist, but otherwise there are not many character types which go in this movie.

Setting / Time period

Mars - November 2035

Costume

Space suits, business wear in NASA. very conventional space-suits.

What is a trekkie?

A trekkie is someone who is a part of the star trek fandom. They will often tend to take the role of the protagonists of the series. there are ALOT of trekkies out there, and they really support the fandom.

real life tech inspired by star trek:

Cell phones

Audience

Starter:

What if…

There was an alien invasion?

I would probably go all x-com on i and join the fight against them.

An asteroid heading for earth?

Remin the government that there are ways with dealing with that, like sending a ship out to send it out of course.

A time travel machine was invented?

Go back to the past and "fix" my past errors.

Mainstream audience - The genre which appeals to the general public, no actual restrictions like age gender or interests.

Niche audience - Genres which appeal to a certain gender, age or particular interests. fans in this bracket are sometimes known to go to conventions, dressed as the characters from there favourite film or TV series. this is called cosplay and it is not the only science fiction genre which attracts the participants.

Niche movie example

You can tell that this is targeted at a niche audience due to the lack of detail in the poster. it wouldn't have the funding that mainstream movies have as it would not have a huge audience. however, it still has the potential to be a good fiction movie.

Mainstream movie example

Cosplay is becoming a very mainstream thing now. It is a lot more mainstream in America then it is in the UK, but it is taking off. The act of dressing up as a character is completely rad and shouldn't be put down as much as it is.