City of Ember | The Host | V for Vendetta | The Scorch Trials |
Cloud Atlas | Moon | Humans
I found these images on the internet whilst researching Dystopian films.
I chose the image from the 'City of Ember' film at the top left (woman holding the clock) because of the repetition within dystopian films about humanity running out of time.
Below that we have a picture of Niska from the TV Show 'Humans'. I used this because I like the idea of having highly advanced technology that were created by humanity and are now uncontrollable and feared by their own creators.
Above that (next to the picture from 'City of Ember') is a picture from the film 'The Host' of Wanda and Melanie. I used this picture because I could see ideas that I could link to my inspiration from 'Humans'. For example, Wanda is put into Melanie's body whilst she is still alive. I have an idea brewing in the back of my mind that what if this modern technology is put in a dead body and wakes up completely controlled by technology?
That's just an idea!
Next to 'The Host', there is a picture from 'V for Vendetta' which I have taken inspiration from because I like the idea of a group rebelling against a totalitarian government or general society e.g they are outcasts or experiments that have gone wrong etc.
Below that is a picture from one of my most anticipated films of the year: 'The Scorch Trials'. I took a picture from this because I like the idea of the world being barren which would cause infinite problems for mankind!
The next picture is from the film 'Cloud Atlas'. The use of reaching through the metal mesh gives the film a horror element but what I really like about this image is that she is watching other cloned waitresses (like herself) be demolished and turned into food after rebelling against the government. This gives the film such a twisted element that it hooks the audience (whilst creeping them out).
Below that is another image from 'V for Vendetta' of Evy with her head shaved after being arrested and about to begin torture. I noticed that throughout my research, torture and imprisonment are two very common things within the dystopian genre.
I then took another image from 'The Scorch Trials' of a person with the Flare (spoilers people). I took this because another idea which I like the idea of is a disease that there is no cure for! A theme that is closely linked to the dystopian genre is post-apocalyptic and I think these both fall into this section.
Finally, below that is an image from 'Moon'. This is where Sam Bell meets the younger version of himself and believes he is hallucinating. I took this image because it links to my inspiration from 'The Host', 'Cloud Atlas' and 'Humans' with the highly advanced technology.
After making my collage, I decide to extend my research further and find more pictures - that weren't in my collage - and analyse them.
Jeffrey Goines and James Cole in '12 Monkeys'
In this picture I noticed the element of madness. Both Jeffrey (Brad Pitt) and James (Bruce Willis) are in a psychiatric hospital and both look mad enough to be in there. This is shown by the white robes that they are wearing which are associated with hospitals. Also the way they are both looking at each other gives a sense of madness, especially Jeffrey who looks almost cross eyed and is gaping at James.
In this picture I like how Pris (disguised as a doll) is camouflaged within a room of human sized toys. In my opinion, this emphasises how she and other synths are seen by humans as dolls or toys. This gives the film a childish theme when the whole plot line is actually quite dark. I like this idea as it would bring elements of the thriller genre into the film as well.
In this picture, I like how Anita is in a human sized, zipped up case. This emphasises that people treat them like machines when they are more human than we believe. This links to the overall science-fiction genre, as they are robots in a futuristic or parallel universe.
Tess Bell sending a video log to her husband, Sam in the film 'Moon'
I took this image because I have noticed in a lot of science-fiction films family are always trying to contact a character through a video log. I also took this - linking back to my collage - because a video log like this could also be used as a memory by someone who has received an experimental cure for a incurable disease but through this they have been operated on and can plug themselves into computers.
I analysed this image because I would, again, link it to my collage about how memories can be located by the same people I mentioned above in the image from 'Moon'. But also the idea of resistance is highlighted.
I chose this image to analyse because I like the idea of the newer generation being immune or different from the rest of the world. Making them outsiders or making them valuable. Either way they are in danger just for being born.
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