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Science Fiction

A literary work whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact.

May take place in future, but alternate reality at this time

Fiction is the improbable made possible

Fiction

Types of fiction

Non realisticRealistic

REALISTIC FICTION

Realistic fiction, although untrue, could actually happen

Some events, people, and places may even be real. This is termed' Faction'

Something that though not real, is described in a believable way that helps to make a picture as if it were an actual event

NON REALISTIC FICTION

The story's events could not happen in real life, because they may

Represent supernatural Harry porter series

Involve an alternate form of history of mankind other than that recorded

Need impossible technology

SCIENCE FICTION

Is a controlled way to think and dream about the future using scientific prospects

It’s imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically established or scientifically postulated laws of nature

Though some elements in a story might still be pure imaginative speculation

SCIENCE FICTION FILMS

A film genre that uses science fiction phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science

The role of the scientist has varied considerably in the science fiction film genre, depending on the public perception of science and advanced technology

A Trip to the Moon (1902) was the first

THEMES OF SCI-FI FILMS

USUAL THEMES OF SCI-FI MOVIES

Usual ideas in science fiction movies are

Alien life forms

Robots

Disaster films

Military SF

Mind and identity

Time travel

Superhuman

ALIEN LIFE FORMS

The concept of alien life, particularly intelligent life, having an extraterrestrial origin is a popular staple of science fiction films.

In early films, alien were frequently fictional representations of actual military or political threats on Earth.

Alien invaded on earth possess human character usually.

A fictional alien state (advanced in technology) )

PROSPECTS OF ALIEN MOVIES

These films generally deal about

Human curiosity about life in other parts of the vast universe

It’s fear of being along in universe

New thoughts in field of technology

Show superiority of man on other creatures

ROBOTS

Very popular theme used in sci-fi films since early ones

Usually a metal suit robot made to serve humanity

“To put human sentiments in robots” is also a popular idea used in sci-fi films

Some films also show destructions made by robots Transformer series

Highly advanced technology is assumed

Film dealing about human sentiments in robots

Robot used in star wars(1977)

A vey earlier robot film

EFFECTS OF ROBOT FILMS

Create a sense in man to think about such featured inventions which may socially and economically relief him such as robots

The ideas used in early robot films now have become practically possible

Robots in modern fiction films are being researched and a lot of progress in field is being made

DISASTER FILMS

Serve as a vehicle of warning against a type of activity, including technological research. They may be

Environmental disaster waterworld (1995)

Man supplanted by technology The matrix(1998), The terminator(1984)

Nuclear war A boy and his dog(1975)

Pandemic The omega man1971 , J I GOE

Nuclear bomb disaster

Man supplanted by technologyEnvironmental disaster

EFFECTS ON HUMAN MIND

Broaden the research

Give new ideas to think

Show danger to humanity by the possible mishaps like effects of nuclear attack, epidemic diseases and environmental destruction

Thus make people love humanity and create a zeal to safe earth from all kind of disasters

MILITARY SCI-FI MOVIES

Include detail about military technology, procedure, ritual, and history normally in space or on a planet other than Earth. May be

Parallels with historical conflicts The Forever War(1974)

War between mankind and an arachnoids' species Starship Troopers(1997)

A military sci-fi movie

MIND AND IDENTITY

Usually brain memory and intelligence related films, many themes are used in these kind of films

An android mechanism fitted with the brain and reprogrammed mind of a human to create a cyborg Robocop series(1987)

Transferring the human mind to another body Frankenstein

Reprogramming the human mind Total recall(1990)

Brain washing A clockwork orange (1971)

CONTD….

computer programs sought to become real persons Matrix series(1999)

a human could be entirely represented as a program in a computer Tron(1982)

reprogrammable reality and memory serial experiment lain(1998)

Controlling dreams inception (2010)

Mind transferred monster

Erase of memory

android mechanism and reprogrammable mind

TIME TRAVEL

Bring past to life in the present, or a present that lies in our future, themes may be

 Special relativity phenomenon of time dilation used Planet of the Apes (1968)

 Some type of advanced technology The Time Machine(1895)

Personal power The Butterfly Effect(2004)

Rescue the Earth from having its past altered by time-travelling cyborgs Star Trek: First Contact(1996)

A fictional time machine

Reanimation of a 40,000 years ago frozen man

Personal power of time travel

Time travel by time machine

EFFECTS OF TIME TRAVEL FILMS

Many people inspire but phenomenon is practically impossible

Entertain as well as show keen desire of man to alter his past or to see his future

SUPER HUMAN

Superhuman stories deal with the emergence of humans who have abilities beyond the norm. Themes may be

Mutation in genes x-men series

Experimental defects on human The hulk(2003)

Manual power Eagle eye (2008), Jumper(2008).

Hybrid with alien genes Avatar (2010)

Hero having a super technology suit Ironman2(2010)

Iron man 2

Hulk , a fictional superhuman , experimentally defected

A superhero having mutation in genes

SUPERHUMAN FILMS EFFECTS

Very exciting , thriller and liked one theme of sci-fi films

Show man’s will to get unlimited power

Almost all are impossible characters but give birth to new ideas and give rise to one question “what if man get these powers?”

A lot of researches have been made and now by genetics changes America & China are near to prepare super soldiers having fictional physical & mental strength beyond normal limits

WHAT WE GAIN BY FICTION FILMS?

SCI-FI’S EFFECTS ON SOCIETY

“Imagination is important than knowledge” Albert Einstein

Actually SF explores the question "what if?".

SF is the medium in which we imagine that tomorrow will be different from today in the ways we can predict

Creates a sense of excitement and anticipation in million of brains in an easy way

A kind of education with inspiration for whole humanity

CONTD…

Makes us able to guesses wildly about hundreds of things, many of them laughably wrong but some of them still, amazingly, on target

Many scientific inventions which were just a imagination then invented afterwards such as Nautilus (nuclear submarine ) and Apollo program (mission to moon)

All boosting technology of this short time period (say 200 years) is just due to ideas which some people imagined and some implied them practically

Imagine now what new technologies after 50 years

will be?

Any question???