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Technological Dystopia in Film and Fiction, 2006.
This well-researched paper analyzes the relevance of robots and robotic technology in both film and various written works of fiction.
2,566 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 124.95
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The writer of this paper examines the issue of technological dystopia by highlighting the negative aspects surrounding the inclusion of fictional robots in both film and written works of fiction. The writer discusses why the characters or images portrayed by robots cause either admiration or resentment to the audience. This paper also explores the underlying issues that authors and filmmaker are trying to convey in using robots as central characters in their stories. This paper looks at the human-like robots in author Isaac Asimov's science fiction novels. This paper analyzes the impact of robots and advanced technology in films such as "Terminator" and "I, Robot." This paper discusses the common theme prevalent in numerous films and novels pertaining to the perfection of robots and the imperfection of human beings. This paper also analyzes the relationship between the fictional robot and man.
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"Like any other machine invented by man, robots are shown to have the capacity to malfunction. Unlike a malfunctioning watch, car, or any other machine, robots are portrayed to have superior intelligence and consciousness. This makes the "malfunction" even more dangerous, since they can manifest harm with superior intent and capability. A robot defect is magnified because it can create an "intelligent" danger that humans may not be able to handle. There's also the factor of consciousness. Robots can become self-aware and realize that they are superior to humans. The implications of this are vast and debatable. Perhaps they will cooperate with humans and regard us as their creator, or realize that they are the superior beings and enslave humanity. Regardless of the result, authors always highlight this possibility. Something that has the superior capability to do good also has the same capability to do harm, so fail-safe devices should be put in place."
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The Film: ?Pulp Fiction", 2006.
This paper analyzes the representation of violence in the film "Pulp Fiction".
1,405 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 74.95
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This paper explains that "Pulp Fiction", a symbol of iconography, is a classic Hollywood tale in which the director and co-writer Quentin Tarantino utilizes a variety of scenes and cinematographic techniques to depict violence by showing the clash between good versus evil and exhibiting some of the ironies existing within the American culture. The author points out that the film, which is appraised favorably by critics, uses humor in the midst of depicting violence so that one might presume violence is the 'norm' within the United States rather than an extreme aspect of pop culture. The paper relates that the scene in which the character Jules quotes "Ezekiel", noting that righteous men will always be beset on all sides by the 'tyranny of evil men', shows the paradoxical nature of violence in this movie.
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"The cinematography used in this scene is also very telling. The scene captures primarily the faces of each of the characters involved, including Marvin, Jules, Brett and Vincent. The characters faces are lighted in such a manner that they stand out. Another technique can be noted right after the moment Jules kills Brett for cheating Marcellus. As Jules comments that a miracle has occurred, one might also observe that lighting that sort of 'highlights' his head and the face of Vincent, suggesting that they are some type of hero or angel in the face of debauchery."
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Science Fiction Films, 2002.
Analyzes three feature films to show how they epitomize the genre of film known as science fiction.
2,547 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 10 sources, APA, AU$ 124.95
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The range of subjects that Science Fiction films can cover makes the genre a broad field. This paper examines one recognized subgroup which features alien contact. This theme first emerged in the 1951 film "The Thing From Another World". To consider the development of feature films involving alien contact, three examples are discussed in this paper. Firstly, Spielberg?s "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977), secondly "Contact" (1996) and, finally, "Solaris" (2002). These films are each discussed for the purpose of showing how they fit into the science fiction genre.
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"In this scene, Spielberg uses special effects in the form of lighting and the scene has a strong visual appeal. However, this visual appeal also creates a certain mood. The entire focus of the movie is based on showing that aliens encounters are not necessarily going to be the feared event that everyone should panic over. Spielberg?s perspective is that it is more likely to be a peaceful and moving event. The visual appeal effectively creates this exact response in the viewer. The beauty of the lights and the scene creates a sense of calmness and awe, rather than anything that suggests fright. The important point is that the special effects create a mood that enhances the meaning of the film. It is this effective use of special effects that resulted in the new era. Spielberg showed how special effects could create meaning and this was the basis of their success, not just the fact that it was a nice scene to look at."
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Science Fiction in Film and Literature, 2002.
A paper which explores of the way science fiction is presented in film and literary form.
2,270 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 113.95
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The paper explores the theme of science fiction in film and literature since its beginnings with Jules Verne's writings at the end of the nineteenth century. The paper shows how the best science fiction, both literary and filmic, explores issues of the individual in society, the nature of what it means to be human, and the morality of human decision making. While science fiction may be set in the future, it speaks to its contemporary audience about their problems and concerns. Science fiction works studied in this paper include Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World", George Orwell's "1984", Fritz Lang's 1920s film "Metropolis" and the film "Blade Runner", directed by Ridley Scott.
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"Novels like Brave New World and 1984 were written in reaction to totalitarian regimes of the time and so used a possible future to comment on a real present. In his novel 1984, George Orwell warned of the seductions of government thought control as he saw them developing in the Soviet Union and elsewhere because of the tensions after World War II, and while the world never reached the state of control seen in that book, it did tend in that direction in response to threats, real and perceived. Huxley extended ideas about government control and psychological testing from his time into the future. Evgeny Zamiatin's We is another novel about a totalitarian regime, a reaction to the same political realities of the 1930s and 1940s."
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Semiotics in Science Fiction Films, 2008.
An analysis of visual semiotics and popular culture in modern science fiction films.
2,277 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 113.95
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This paper explores science fiction films. It particularly discusses semiotics and how it expands our understanding of popular culture and visual signs in our mass media culture. The paper argues that modern cinematic technologies allow directors an unprecedented capability to shape the visual cinematic codes and iconography of their works and thereby multiply the levels of signification upon which their films operate.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Cinema of the Mind's Eye
Special Effects and the Post-modern
Conclusion
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"In this regard, the assertion that "films are metaphorical mirrors of life" (Danesi 88) is placed under significant pressure as the "real-life activities" (Danesi 88) that are represented in the science fiction film increasingly bear no connection at all to real-life as we understand it in the modern world. In particular, with the advent of digital technologies, entire cinematic environments can be created in which - while the characters are still recognizably human and have human concerns - the visual signification is alien to anything in our existence. In this way, science fiction films can be seen as visual signs of postmodernity, simulating a reality so perfect that it is indistinguishable from our own and yet, at the same time, utterly alien, that it calls into question our understanding of reality itself."
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A Comparison of Science Fiction Film Classics, 2004.
A comparison of two science fiction films: "Alien" and "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers".
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, MLA, AU$ 50.95
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This paper is a comparative analysis of two movies, "Alien," and the science fiction classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."
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Science Fiction Film Analysis, 2004.
A comparative review of the films, "The Terminator", "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines", and "The Matrix Revolutions".
1,935 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 98.95
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This paper examines the films, "The Terminator", "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines", and "The Matrix Revolutions" by providing an overview of the plots, including a look at the characters, the directors, and other interesting film particulars. It also reviews what the critics had to say about each film as a film in its own right and as part of a trilogy of films.
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"It is the ?Year of Darkness,? 2029, and a powerful and intelligent computer named Skynet continues to battle human resistance on Earth, after nearly ? but not completely ? destroying all members of the human race in 1997. Skynet has learned how to send its cyborg assassin warriors (Terminators) backward through time travel; the story is built around Skynet sending The Terminator (Schwarzenegger) back to 1984, on a mission to kill the mother of one of the leaders of the resistance against Skynet. The mother in question is Sarah Conner (played by Linda Hamilton), whose son, John Conner, if allowed to be born, will later lead the remaining members of the human race in a winning campaign against the machines ? unless, of course, The Terminator can kill Sarah Conner and erase the possibility of John Conner battling the machines."
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Crime Fiction & Film, 1996.
Explores genre's style (film noir), characterization, plots, moral code, role of private eye & femme fatale in novels & films, 1930s-1990s.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 7 sources, AU$ 127.95
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"The genre of crime fiction in American literature and film covers a wide variety of styles and subgenres, but certain elements can be identified as being especially identified with American crime fiction. The private detective or private eye is the character most associated with American crime fiction, and as the private detective developed, he was part of a larger form known as the hardboiled school which referred to an attitude of toughness and cynicism that might be expressed by a policeman or lawyer as well as a private detective, though the private detective is the primary embodiment of the hardboiled school. Many of these novels and films use the private detective himself as the filter through which the rest of the story is told, either because he (and they were overwhelmingly male until recently) tells the story in the first-person or as narrator or because he..."
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Fiction and Film: A Comprehensive Comparison, 2002.
Compares three horror films, "Dracula", "Bram Stoker's Dracula" and "Frankenstein" with their original novels and shows their similarities and differences.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 157.95
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In this paper, the author compares the horror films "Dracula", "Bram Stoker's Dracula" and "Frankenstein" with the novels upon which they were based. He notes that a movie is an interpretation of a book and that at times the interpretation takes such liberties that a total re-creation or translation takes place. He also observes that films differ from the novels they are based upon because of different target audiences. This factor can lead to plot adjustments, thematic changes and the display of greater or lesser sympathy for the protagonist, depending upon the director's intentions.
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"Jane Eyre": Fiction and Film, 2002.
A comparison of Charlotte Bronte's novel "Jane Eyre" to the 1944 film version of the story.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 71.95
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This paper looks at the comparisons between the book by Charlotte Bronte "Jane Eyre" and the film version made in 1944 starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine. The paper discusses the idea and concept of how the two formats differ in some ways and in others fit perfectly. Furthermore the paper looks at the concept of feminism and how it is translated into the book and how the feminist issue is noticeably missing or downplayed within the film version.
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Historical Fiction in Film: Quo Vadis, 2001.
Examines the background and historical accuracy of the legendary Hollywood movie "Quo Vadis".
1,046 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 58.95
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This essay examines historical fiction as seen in the famous Hollywoood movie Quo Vadis. The successes and failures of the film in accurately portraying Roman history and the struggle between early Christianity and Roman society are analyzed. Through a look at real historical sources, we can see that for the most part the film is an entertaining but flawed example of the retelling of a historical event and the personalities of that time. For example, the film leads viewers to believe that this period of history was the climax of the conflict between imperial Rome and early Christianity, but in fact Nero was no worse for the Christians than many other emperors before and after his reign.
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"The characters of Marcus Vinicius and Lygia in the film are symbolic of the rift between imperial Rome and the early Christians, however, they are fictional characters and did not exist in ancient Rome. Galba was in fact the real leader who replaced Nero (he does in the film as well), but he was a seventy-year old man who only ruled for about six months before he was executed by rivals in the forum and replaced by Otho."
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Historical Fiction in Film: Spartacus, 2002.
A look at how this movie provides many historical untruths and inaccuracies.
950 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 54.95
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This essay examines historical fiction as seen in the famous Hollywood movie Spartacus. The successes and failures of the film in accurately portraying Roman history and the struggle between Spartacus and the Roman Republic are analyzed. Through a look at real historical sources, we can see that for the most part the film is an entertaining but inaccurate retelling of this historical event and the story of Spartacus? life.
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"The famous and award-winning film Spartacus was produced by Universal Pictures in 1960 and based on a popular historical novel of the same name by Howard Fast At over one-hundred seventy five minutes, it is a lengthy bit compelling viewing experience. The main characters are played by legendary Hollywood stars Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier, although a host of other renowned talents such as Charles Laughton and Tony Curtis also appear."
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Women's Movement and Science Fiction Films, 1994.
A look at the impact of feminism on society and the expansion of the women's roles in "Star Wars" by George Lucas, "Starman" by John Carpenter and "Alien" by Ridley Scott.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 140.95
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"Introduction
Science fiction is not a matter of creating a future out of whole cloth. Rather, it is a method of projecting current interests and trends into the future to see what they would mean in a changed environment. Most science fiction thus speaks directly to the time in which it is written by using the device of the future or of some technological change as a means of exploring issues of interest in the here and now, which may also be interests that are considered universal and timeless. It is also possible to analyze science fiction, as any other genre, in terms of a specific issue to see how its creators may have addressed these issues and how they may reflect the time in which they live, however inadvertently. It is not clear that most writers of science fiction have an understanding of and ideas..."
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Science Fiction Dystopia, 2008.
A review of two films, "Punishment Park" directed by Peter Watkins and "Demolition Man" directed by Marco Brambilla and a comparison of their themes with Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World."
3,977 words (approx. 15.9 pages), 11 sources, MLA, AU$ 174.95
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This essay considers two science fiction films that have referred back to Aldous Huxley's chilling novel, "Brave New World", written in 1932. The two films discussed are "Punishment Park", directed by Peter Watkins and released in 1971, and "Demolition Man", directed by Marco Brambilla and released in 1993. This essay compares and contrasts the themes, narratives, characterization, setting and plot of these three works and, in the process, reaches some conclusions about what elements are necessary to create a believable and useful dystopia.
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"Thus, we see that Huxley's Brave New World most definitely belongs in the genre of science fiction, and indeed is the subtlest form of science fiction, in that Huxley plainly used it as a medium for social comment. The novel deals with a range of key social and political themes, including the possibility that we will be dehumanized by scientific progress (by for example automating natural human processes like reproduction); the implicit dangers of mass production (for example that it will generate a overwhelming need for a consumerist society); and the possibility that we could end up in a totalitarian dictatorship (which would be propped up by extreme methods of socialization, such as Pavlovian conditioning). As will be dealt with further below, Huxley was on the money with several of these key themes (Huxley)."
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Assessing the American Spirit through Fiction and Non- Fiction, 2002.
Reviews both American non-fiction and American fiction works of art to support the notion that the American spirit is reflected in both types of literature.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 71.95
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One of the most poignant quotes in American literature comes from Donald Briscoe, who stated that "To understand American Literature, it is necessary to examine both its fiction and its non- fiction because the key to the American Spirit can be found in both." This paper assesses Briscoe's quote through addressing two works of American fiction and two works of American non- fiction with the intent of proving how the spirit of the American people is reflected in both types of literature.
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Fiction vs. Non-fiction, 2002.
A discussion of reading comprehension and the differences in comprehension of fiction versus non-fiction reading.
4,050 words (approx. 16.2 pages), 9 sources, AU$ 175.95
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The paper starts with a general discussion of reading comprehension and its importance for academic success. Factors involved in reading comprehension, such as phonological memory and word recognition, are examined, as well as other influential forces, such as time limitation and silent reading are outlined. Then the topic of comprehension of fiction versus non-fiction material is explored through a review of the relevant literature.
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"Literacy and reading comprehension are subjects that have been explored for decades. Through these explorations we have discovered that comprehension is an essential component in the ability of a person to succeed in academia and in life. Comprehension is defined as ?the act or action of grasping with the intellect?the capacity for understanding fully.?(The Dictionary) Comprehension is important because it allows us to gain knowledge of new concepts; without comprehension it would be impossible to learn anything.
"This discourse will present a literary review of the aforementioned topic so that we can understand comprehension and the effect of comprehension on academic success. The literature presented will seek to display this information in a manner that will inform and enlighten.
Reading comprehension covers a broad range of topics. For the purposes of this literary review we will seek to explain what comprehension is and the effect that fiction and nonfiction works have on comprehension. This review will use a wide range of sources including journals, digests and academic studies."
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