RESEARCH CATALOGUE

FILMSBelow you will find not only the three primary texts that I shall be focusing but also other content that I feel will benefit my product throughout all stages of production.

The first film is X-Men 2 (2003, Bryan Singer) A comic book adaptation following the story of various protagonists called mutants as each has a unique power due to an advancement/ mutation in their genetic structure. I chose this film as it was a very big blockbuster movie from the marvel franchise (meaning great equipment and CGI) as it features a character that I will look at more specifically than the others (Nightcrawler) however how the franchise represents the powers throughout all of the films will be a very big influence.

Singer, Bryan, 2003. X-Men 2, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

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The second primary text that I selected is Jumper (2008, Doug Liman) Another adaptation from the acclaimed novel ‘Jumper’. When David Rice gains control of his teleporting ability he claims not to harm anyone with his powers. This is all about a teenager and his struggle with an overwhelming ability with lots of potential. This is the larger influence to my product out of all of the films I studied as I like the potential for creative interpretation in terms of micro elements. Since this is the most recent of the films I studied I will be able to compare how the teleporting concept has changed visually and how it is portrayed.

Liman, Doug, 2008. Jumper, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

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The third and final primary text that I am going to be looking at Star Trek: The Motion picture (1979, Robert Wise) A cinematic feature length film for the popular television show Star Trek. A cult science fiction film that focuses on space crafts and travel features the advancement in technology that allows the user to teleport to various places using the device on the space craft. I chose this film as it part of the most notable science fiction franchise along with Star Wars, that features teleportation using a device as an alternative to a power. Also the way that they executed the teleportation is very different to the more recent films as they didn’t use CGI instead they relied on Mise en scene, cinematography and editing (also tin foil and lighting).

Wise, Robert, 1979. Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Paramount Pictures.

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Alongside these films I shall also look at other films such as Chronicle (2012, Josh Trank), and X-Men: First Class (2011, Mathew Vaughn) as these films may not display directly the concept of teleportation but they do however display supernatural powers very creatively through micro elements and are great influences to refer to when developing my product.

Although these aren’t movies, but instead television programmes they still relate to my topic and visually show what I wanted to develop. The show that I am mentioning is The Tomorrow People, the advancement of humans who gain the ability of telekinesis, telepathy and more importantly teleportation. This alongside Jumper are the most direct sources displaying and relating to my subject. There are two variations of this show the original show from 1973-1979 created by Roger Damon Price and the recent reboot from 2013-2014 created by Phil Klemmer.

Trank, Josh, 2012. Chronicle, Twentieth Century Fox.

Vaughn, Matthew, 2011. X-Men First Class, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

BOOKSThe benefit of looking at books for research is that not only are they a form of entertainment but they are also a product of research and knowledge meaning these books will hep my understanding of the science- fiction genre and how to present and connote the themes it is known for.

The first book is Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film a book that looks at science fiction as a genre as well as the topics featured within the genre. From looking at definitions, Iconography, characters, visual functions and many more I feel as though this will be a great source of information and benefit my product immensely

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The next book that I am going to focus on is Science Fiction Cinema: Between Fantasy and Reality. I chose this book as from looking at films featuring teleportation it is hard to define the difference between the genre fantasy and science fiction as fantasy seems appropriate if the subject has a supernatural power and not a technological piece of equipment to give him power. To help me understand the difference and portrayal of my plot I feel as though this book will be great advice.

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Another book I looked at was Robert Edgar Hunt’s Basics Film-Making Directing Fiction slate 3 take 1. I chose this book due to the impact it can have towards my creative product and how to effectively direct my product. The book looks at all aspects of production form post, pre and general production

The final book that I looked at was John Sanders The film genre book, although this book looks at specific movies within the chosen genres it can still be useful to identify the themes within the films thus establishing the theme within SF and why the films are so iconic. The book looked at the films over the years within science fiction 1920’s to 2000’s.

ARTICLES AND WEBSITEShttp://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/T/teleportation.html

This website essentially explained to me the definition of teleportation and how the term was invented. It referenced various texts of which teleportation is used and known from. The website shared information of the history of teleportation and how it effected the early science fiction genre.

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/T/transporter.html

From the same creator as the website above the sharer went into depth into the transporter used within the famous series Star Trek. I felt this would be relevant as it would display the functionality and alternative of using a device on order to teleport. It was the transporter that made the idea of teleportation familiar to a wide audience.

https://www.sfsite.com/columns/amy26.htm

This was an fantasy genre. The website showed a variety of sub genres of sci-fi. Written Ain depth website that enlightened me on the depth of the science fiction genre and how it compares to the Amy Goldschlager, Avon Eos.

http://www.filmsite.org/sci-fifilms.html

This website goes through the evolution and history of science fiction and how it has adapted and progressed as a genre. Throughout the growth of science fiction you this website shows clearly how innovative and progressive the genre is as there are many forms of science fiction. For example before the infamous German film Metropolis (1927) robots were unheard of.

http://variety.com/2008/film/news/a-look-at-liman-s-filmmaking-process-1117981300/

I choose this website as it looks directly at Doug Liman’s filmmaking process and creative process varies from the conventional director. Doug was the director of Jumper and many other popular films. By looking at his process of directing and creation of Jumper I seek to gain influence and an understanding of how to compose a film with such concept.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/X2XMenUnited

This website showed me the scale and process of high budget movies that feature CGI and how they incorporate the added effects.

http://www.writingclasses.com/WritersResources/AskTheWriterDetail.php?ID=335

The reason that I used this website as one of my texts is because it is the discussion of the genre science fiction and whether or not it is a sub genre from fantasy as it can be subjective.