This reserach into the history of Sci-Fi intreseted me a lot as the history to the genre, as well of most genres of film, are basically unknown to me. The first thing I learnt about the making of a new Sci-Fi films, or new films in general, is that no two films are the same. The nature of films is that they are constantly evolving, changing little things about the film so 1, they are not the same as previous films in the same genre and 2, arent so different that fans of Sci-Fi or whatever genre are still going to pay for tickets so that they can see the film.
This explained to me the reasons that older Sci-Fi's and newer Sci-Fi's are so different. Things such as current events and folk tales play a huge part in the making of Sci-Fi's. EG in the 40's the 'Roswell Incident' was huge in the news, talking about a ufo landing in New Mexico. This sparked a craze in alien invasion and ubduction films. Were as now, a lot of Sci-Fi films are about conspirecy theorys and alternative realitys as these are subjects that are relevent and talked about in current society.
In all, this lesson has not only taught me about how Sci-Fi's were born andhow they have evloved, but how genres are constantly grwoing and developing to make new and exciting plots and storys.
And what have you learned from this?
ReplyDeleteYou must evaluate and reflect upon all your posts
You have much to do in your blog, especially in regards to research that has not been done yet and the fact that I gain no sense of evaluation of your learning nor reflection on your posts and how the knowledge may help you.
ReplyDeleteSo much still needs to be done