Bladerunner
“Bladerunner”
Red contrasts against black background
Non-diegetic music is inharmonious – makes the audience uncomfortable
LA 2019 – very near future – makes the audience uncomfortable
Opening shot – long shot of the city
Establishes futuristic setting
Fire shooting into the sky
Voight-Kampff test questions are about nature
“It’s a test designed to provoke an emotional response”
Nature is a true test of humanity
Non-diegetic heart beat
Large advertising screens
“A new life awaits you in the off-world colonies, the change to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure”
Humanity has had to abandon earth due to
Pollution
Overpopulation
Represent concerns of the time
Asian lady on the advertising screen and the Asian street vendors
Shows concerns of the time
Asianisation
Industrialisation
Police headquarters – first origami figure (chicken)
Replaying of Leon’s VK test
Provides a way for Scott to establish context of the film
Positions the audience to dislike the replicants
Portrayed as malicious and violent
Scientific jargon – increases authenticity
Leon’s apartment – second origami figure (man)
Eye laboratory
Extreme conditions – cold
Reflects environments in Frankenstein
Leon sticks his hand in liquid nitrogen – shows they are replicants
“If only you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes”
Detective element – Deckard tracking down the snake skin
Rachel at Deckard’s apartment
“Implants. Those aren’t your memories, they’re someone else’s. They’re Tyrell’s nieces”
Modern features, but rundown
Degradation of the city
Constant rain
Extreme condition – reflects Frankenstein
Environmental damage – nature crying
Dark lighting penetrated by beams of light
Motifs
Fans – constant beat of the city
Unicorn dream – 3rd clue
Detective element – follows lead of the snake scale to Zhora
“Miss Salome and the snake”
Allusion to the serpent
Same as Frankenstein
Poses from “The American Federation of Variety
Red contrasts against black background
Non-diegetic music is inharmonious – makes the audience uncomfortable
LA 2019 – very near future – makes the audience uncomfortable
Opening shot – long shot of the city
Establishes futuristic setting
Fire shooting into the sky
Voight-Kampff test questions are about nature
“It’s a test designed to provoke an emotional response”
Nature is a true test of humanity
Non-diegetic heart beat
Large advertising screens
“A new life awaits you in the off-world colonies, the change to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure”
Humanity has had to abandon earth due to
Pollution
Overpopulation
Represent concerns of the time
Asian lady on the advertising screen and the Asian street vendors
Shows concerns of the time
Asianisation
Industrialisation
Police headquarters – first origami figure (chicken)
Replaying of Leon’s VK test
Provides a way for Scott to establish context of the film
Positions the audience to dislike the replicants
Portrayed as malicious and violent
Scientific jargon – increases authenticity
Leon’s apartment – second origami figure (man)
Eye laboratory
Extreme conditions – cold
Reflects environments in Frankenstein
Leon sticks his hand in liquid nitrogen – shows they are replicants
“If only you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes”
Detective element – Deckard tracking down the snake skin
Rachel at Deckard’s apartment
“Implants. Those aren’t your memories, they’re someone else’s. They’re Tyrell’s nieces”
Modern features, but rundown
Degradation of the city
Constant rain
Extreme condition – reflects Frankenstein
Environmental damage – nature crying
Dark lighting penetrated by beams of light
Motifs
Fans – constant beat of the city
Unicorn dream – 3rd clue
Detective element – follows lead of the snake scale to Zhora
“Miss Salome and the snake”
Allusion to the serpent
Same as Frankenstein
Poses from “The American Federation of Variety