Science Fiction Films / A Brief Introduction to the History of Sci-Fic Films

• This presentation is an introduction to the study of science fiction for the students.
• This resource helps the learners develop an understanding of the history of science fiction films.
• The tiles in this presentation include the following:
  • Hybrid Genre Blending and Borrowing
  • The Earliest Science Fiction Films
  • Early Science Fiction Movies and Horror Film Blends the 1930s
  • The Golden Age of Science Fiction Films
  • Alien Invader Films in the Cold War Era
  • The Mutant Creatures/ Monsters Cycles
  • Low-budget 50s films about horrors of the Atomic Age
  • Ray Harryhausen– One of the Fathers of Modern-Day Special Effects
  • Sci-Fi Flops and Turkeys
  • Time Travel Films
  • Kubrick’s Science Fiction Epic
  • The Planet of the Apes Series (1968-1973)
  • Other 70’s & 80’s Science Fiction Films
  • Sci-Fi Films with Revolutionary Visual Effects and Set Design: in 1982
  • Various British/Foreign/ Non- American Sci-Fi Films
  • George Lucas
  • Steven Spielberg
  • ‘Virtual Reality’ Sci-Fi Films

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