Studying Alien

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-906733-10-0
Verlag: Auteur Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

Reihe: Studying Films

Studying Alien surveys all four films (made between 1979 to 1997) and their relationship to genre, narrative, audience, and institution. The volume provides an excellent framework for readers to investigate the linked yet distinctive texts. It highlights the characteristic audio-visual style of each film along with generic shifts and connecting narrative threads. Readers are challenged to think beyond the binary of human v. alien to consider how shifting boundaries change our perceptions of future human society. Questions explore audiences' fears and fascination toward the films; why male audiences accept Ripley as a credible action hero; and the way in which the spectator plays with the text outside of the theater. Rooting its analysis in accessible theory, Studying Alien incorporates the various filmmakers' own perspectives on making the movies and the institutional practices that shaped each film, including spin-offs such as Alien vs. Predator (2004).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scarratt, Elaine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio

Über Autor(innen)

Elaine Scarratt is a highly experinced media education teacher, advisor, and examiner based in London and is the author of Auteur's Science Fiction Film: A Teacher's Guide to the Genre and Classroom Resources. From 2007 to 2009 she was the inaugural chair of the Media Education Association.