Blade Runner – a Method to the Generic Madness

     Films that are classified as being in the film noir genre all share some basic characteristics. There is generally a voice-over throughout the film in order to guide the audience's perceptions. These movies also involve a crime and a detective who is trying to figure out the truth in the situation. This detective usually encounters a femme fatale who seduces him. However, the most distinctive feature of the film noir genre is the abundance of darkness.

Blade Runner was released right in the middle of the ‘Computer-Age.’ This was the period in which computers were at their peak in popularity, and were moving away from the industrial sector and more into people’s households. This technology clearly influenced they way in which Blade Runner was directed, due to the amount of

A Comparison of the Themes of Blade Runner and Brave New World ‘Humanity likes to think of itself as more sophisticated than the wild yet it cannot really escape its need for the natural world’ Despite different contexts both Aldous Huxley within his book Brave New World and Ridley Scott in the film Blade Runner explore the idea that humans feel themselves more sophisticated than the natural world, yet are able to completely sever relations between humanity and the nature. Through various techniques both texts warn their varied audiences of the negative ramifications that will come from such disdainful, careless opinions and actions. All aspects of the ‘New State’ within Aldous

Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner reflects some of the key themes seen in Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein. For one, both the sources touch on the necessity of creators taking responsibility for their creations. Another key theme established in both works is the idea that emotional complexity and knowledge, over memory and appearance, allow people to be defined as human beings.

This paper will discuss various elements of mise-en-scene, specifically; character development, lighting, performance, costume, makeup in the film "Casablanca".(Michael Curtiz,1942) The setting of the story sets the tone for the entire film. Shots of tanks and planes show the violence of war that coincides with the cutthroat city that is Casablanca. From there, those sentiments are reinforced when a man is shot in the street while another man pick pockets someone whom is distracted. The mood of the movie stays on the dark side of things when we enter Rick's Café, where we meet our protagonist played by Humphrey Bogart. In this scene we are treated to the jaded portrayal of night club owner. We see his utter disregard for a French woman

Ridley Scott’s 1982 Blade Runner presents viewers with a dystopian world of Los Angeles where genetically engineered robots known as Replicants, are executed in an emotionless and indifferent procedure called ‘retirement’ by special police operatives called Blade Runners. The interactions between humans and Replicants highlight the diminishing state of humanity that humans have brought upon themselves. This is not only shown through the conflicting yet human ambitions of the Replicants, but contrasted with the cold and gloomy depiction of humans as a whole. Humans are additionally depicted to be ignorant of the many similarities between Replicants and themselves, often due to a lack of empathy. These depictions of Replicants as a more emotionally attached species prompt viewers to make a somewhat ironic conclusion: that they portray greater humanity than actual humans.

Blade Runner became recognized as a film noir due to Ridley Scott portrait of Los Angeles as it might be in 2019: smog covered sky, towering factories emitting giant flames, and massive financial conglomerates that leave shadows and darkness for the world below. The whole ornate architecture of the past has been replaced by the industrial world as it is left to be eroded away by the continuously falling acid rain. Humanity is left without an identity since there are only a few physical remnants of the past. People can no longer remember how things were before.

Blade Runner, adapted from the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, is the cornerstone science fiction movie of it's time. It's neon lights and overcrowded megalopolis culture helped define what an entire generation thought of the future. In the movie, a nuclear war makes it necessary for off world colonies to be made. These colonies employ replicants, genetically designed androids with no emotions that are identical to humans, as slave labor. After an attack by rebellious replicants, they were banned on the earth. A police force was made to kill, or retire, these rogue replicants. These killers were known as blade runners. After a group of replicants infiltrate the earth, a former blade runner known as Rick Deckard is pulled out’ve retirement to hunt

Blade Runner a film adapted from Phillip K Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep”, was produced by Micheal Deeley and directed by Ridley Scott. This science fiction classic explores the concepts, issues and morality behind the use of artificial intelligence (Replicants) in the futuristic world to support the human race. Scott uses the main character (Deckard) to investigate issues such as life expectancy for Replicants and humans and what it means to be ‘more human than human’ (Tyrell company slogan). Scott clever filming techniques; lighting, music and sounds have combined to have an impact on the audience to communicate the issues of the text.

Blade Runner: The Final Cut, directed by Scott Ridley, is a film that brings into question the importance of humans in a postmodern world that is filled with androids that are “more human than human” through its use of characterization and analogies (Martin, 111). This parable-like film addresses a multitude of topics such as what separates humans from androids and the different “tragic situations” found in this postmodern, nihilistic, dystopia (Martin, 106-107). In “Meditations on Blade Runner” written by Michael Martin, Martin offers a critical interpretation of the movie as a whole and certain characters while addressing analogies found in the Blade Runner regarding the fall and the future of the soul. By addressing and analyzing characters

The Film Noir genre is the product of the 1940’s which reflects the darker attitude of society representing depression, realism, and amplifying a new dynamic for women on screen. As World War II progressed, there was less money compiling in Hollywood. The little money collected affected the creative drive for the directors in how they were able to produce for their films. The smaller budget impacted money to spend on lighting, sets, costumes, as well as providing pay for extras to appear in scenes. In addition to the money limitation, the realism presented in this genre expresses the reflection on the darker tones in 40’s society. As War was active, many experienced turmoil in their personal lives. Serious situations stirring emotions

In 1982, the film Blade Runner amazed audiences and elevated the status quo of visual aesthetics in film. Even decades later, the movie’s impact on the majority of modern cinema is clearly visible. Blade Runner used classic lighting reminiscent of noir films from the 1940s with an addition feel of style and freshness which made it unique in the often predictable dystopian film genre. Blade Runner set a new standard of excellence for all dystopian movies to come by creating bold color palettes and paying such painstakingly close attention to detail.

In the movie “Blade runner”, Ridley Scott the director, incorporates the filming techniques lighting, sounds, setting and camera angles. The ways Scott draws the audience into the film and what the purpose of the film as whole is very interesting.

A Misen Scène is a word borrowed from the French theatre. It is actually everything on screen including scenery and the props used. The setting, costumes and lighting are also essential in an opening scene. It is essential in all films, as so much of the appearance and audience’s attention goes directly there. Scott has also used Film Noir which implies to the film, set forty years hence and made in the styles of forty years ago. The film has a Cyber Punk genre, cyber being all the electronic things and gizmos and punk being the disruptive, rebellious street level. This subgenre was very popular in the early 1980’s. It

From the silent epic of Fritz Lang Metropolis 1927 to Ridley’s Scott’s spectacular Blade Runner 1982 the connection between architecture and film has always been intimate. The most apparent concepts that connect these two films are the overall visuals of both films and their vision of city of the future. The futuristic city of both Scott and Lang are distinct in their landscapes, geography, and social structure. These two films sought to envision a future where technology was the basis by which society functioned. Technology was the culture and the cities would crumble without it. Metropolis and Blade Runner uses the themes relationships amongst female sexuality and male vision, and technology. However, Gender roles and technology seems to be the most important part in both films.