Alien presentation outline

oragnise pictures in order of how you can best present on Alien as a Classic Horror film includng all codes and conventions

of course in the presentation you will be using quotes from the screenplay.

Alien Codes

Alien Codes

Plot/
Standard Horror [Science Fiction]

• Meet the unknown
• Death
• 1 survives

Narrative

• Linear

Themes-

• Pure evil is out there and can strike at any time, you are never truly safe.->Standard horror theme.
• Only the most pure and resourceful can survive.->Standard horror theme.
• Mankind is secondary to development, corporations don't care about people.->Theme particular to Alien

Main Characters-

• Ripley-Hero, protagonist, resilient resourceful, the most pure
• The Alien-a seemingly indestructible, removseless Killing machine
• Ash-The inside man, the one responsible for all the death, The company
• -the over arching evil corporation.

                                    

Alien evidence



Slime

Alien Codes and Conventions

Codes
Plot/
Standard Horror [Science Fiction]

• Meet the unknown
• Death
• 1 survives

Narrative

• Linear

Themes-

• Pure evil is out there and can strike at any time, you are never truly safe.->Standard horror theme.
• Only the most pure and resourceful can survive.->Standard horror theme.
• Mankind is secondary to development, corporations don't care about people.->Theme particular to Alien

Main Characters-

• Ripley-Hero, protagonist, resilient resourceful, the most pure
• The Alien-a seemingly indestructible, remorseless Killing machine
• Ash-The inside man, the one responsible for all the death,
• The Company -the over arching evil corporation.

Alien Conventions

Symbols- blood, knives, slime, guts (insides), dangling limbs
Location - isolated, confusing to audience( & characters), claustraphobic
Tension, Tone/mood - darkness, difusused light, shadows, music, screams, jiggly camera, jumps

Blood

Jump

Light

Scream

Confusing

Jump

Jump

Jigglycamera



Darkness





Knives