In our first lecture, we were introduced to 'Story Worlds'. We were shown how a fictional world can be created in many settings, and how this can effect the story within it. The examples used in the lecture were there to show how world as a setting is more than just a back drop, and can in fact be pivotal to the events happening within them. Films such as Blade Runner and Brazil, portray a futuristic world, that would constitute the genre of 'Sci-Fi', and yet the fictional events throughout the film are a metaphor for moral and ethical values important to the present day. Similarly, Gladiator is set within a historical backdrop, which although the events within the film are distanced from the events of today, it does not take from the relationship between the audience and the film's characters.
Bibliography:
Blade Runner, (1982) USA, Ridley Scott
Brazil,(1985), Terry Gillian
Gladiator, (2000) USA, Ridley Scott
Fable, (2004) UK, Lionhead
Great Expectations, (1861) UK, Charls Dickens, Chapman and Hall
Spiderman, (1962) USA, Marvel Comics
Zork, (1979), Tim Anderson
Alone In The Dark, (2008), Eden Games
Battlefield, (2002-) USA, EA
Star Wars, (1977) USA, George Lucas
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