FRANKENSTEIN AND BLADE RUNNER EXAM NOTES Module A: Comparative study of texts and context. Comparative: compare and contrast Context: EVERYTHING‚ values and perspectives ANALYSING MOVIES Cinematographic Editing Frame composition Colour/group/shade Sound/ music Script/dialogue Acting qualities. EXPLAIN How frank represents the context of 1818 are both warnings to the evil of technology And blade runner context of 1982
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development and alteration in values. Some values are timeless‚ however‚ just as those depicted in Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner (Director’s Cut). These didactic texts are therefore still applicable to today’s society‚ as the moral lessons may be related to current societal values. Shelley’s Frankenstein and Scott’s Blade Runner present similar values‚ however they are explored in a different manner due to the contexts of their composers. Mary Shelley
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Mary Shelley’s gothic novel Frankenstein‚ first published in 1816‚ and Ridley Scott’s science fiction film‚ Blade Runner‚ released in 1992‚ share common themes and ideas as well as similar warnings based on the time period. Despite being produced nearly 200 years apart‚ both texts reflect upon the values of their times as well as raising concerns that are timeless. Both Frankenstein and Blade runner explore the implications of Science and technology‚ the relationships between the creator and creation
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Blade Runner Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner was released in 1982‚ post World War II‚ Post Cold War and the holocaust‚ a period of rapid development in science and communication technology‚ and commercialism. It coincided with the phenomena of economic rationalism and globalisation (often seen as American corporate imperialism)‚ the rise of Asian involvement with Western nations and increasing concerns about the environment. Blade Runner is a Ridley Scott adaptation of the Phillip K. Dick novel
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Analyse how Frankenstein and Blade Runner imaginatively portray individuals who challenge the established values of their time. Texts provide us with a gateway to the values and ideals of a given time‚ as it is difficult‚ if not impossible‚ for any author to compose in isolation of their cultural‚ political and historical contexts. They shape the ideas‚ themes and relationships explored within a text and enable us to better understand the concerns and values of the author. In particular‚ texts often
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FBR Homework Task Past speaks to the future in Frankenstein and Blade Runner. To what extent is this made evident in the texts that you have studied? Mary Shelley’s 19th century gothic novel Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner both explore the fears relevant to their contexts. While these texts were composed in different time periods‚ a parallel that exists between these texts involves man’s testing the established moral and ideals of the time. Both texts deal with the possible
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Blade Runner and Frankenstein despite contextual differences reflect almost identical concerns transcending ethical boundaries for scientific advancement. While Blade Runner can be seen as offering a parallel plot to Frankenstein‚ Ridley Scott take the story of a creator and his being to new heights and answers questions Shelley left unsaid. Parity between both texts is driven in the meet the creators scene that demonstrate the fundamentally similar themes prevalent in both contexts‚ where the lines
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context the change in values and idea become evident. This is distinct in the study of Mary Shelley’s 1818 Horror Science Fiction Print Novel‚ Frankenstein‚ written during the industrial revolution and Ridley Scott’s 1982 Action Science Fiction film Blade Runner‚ written as Social disillusionment and Environmental concerns became the prominent public issue. The idea of Science Playing God is emulated in both Frankenstein and Blade Runner. Firstly in Frankenstein the obvious notion is explored through
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Mary Shelley’s nineteenth century epistolary novel‚ Frankenstein (1818)‚ and Ridley Scott’s late twentieth century post-modern film‚ Blade Runner (1992)‚ bear striking similarities when studied as texts in time‚ as they both aim to warn humanity about attempting to usurp of the role of God in creating life. However‚ their respective contexts mean that the way in which they present notions about humanity differs. Shelley and Scott have extrapolated their various concerns born from their respective
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Blade Runner’s Eldon Tyrell proclaims the company’s motto as ‘more human than human’. How has the notion of humanity been explored in Frankenstein and Blade Runner? Thesis: The nature of humanity is progression‚ when we progress too far we play God and lose basic traits of humanity. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein draws on concerns from the romantics era to illustrate the instinctive and greedy appetite for progression that is part of the nature of humanity. Furthermore Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner
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