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.