Dystopian Storytelling: ScienceDesign & SocietyFiction Dr. Harald Kraemer
2 CreditsBDE-BDE-T-WP-2011.01.23F.001
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Dystopian Storytelling: ScienceDesign & SocietyFiction 
Rubrik: Gesellschaft, Politik, Soziales
Keywords: Analysis, Dramaturgy, Storytelling, Visualization, Design, Sound of Dystopian Societies in Science Fiction Movies
This course will give an introduction and an overview of the storytelling, dramaturgy, and design of dystopian science fiction movies. Science fiction movies especially those with dystopian elements have more to offer than just a great story. They need a specific way of design. On several examples, we will analyze the story, the form of control, the social system, art, culture, and entertainment, but also the way how the protagonists in the movie communicate, travel or the way they dress, they love, they fight.
Keywords: Analysis, Dramaturgy, Storytelling, Visualization, Design, Sound of Dystopian Societies in Science Fiction Movies
This course will give an introduction and an overview of the storytelling, dramaturgy, and design of dystopian science fiction movies. Science fiction movies especially those with dystopian elements have more to offer than just a great story. They need a specific way of design. On several examples, we will analyze the story, the form of control, the social system, art, culture, and entertainment, but also the way how the protagonists in the movie communicate, travel or the way they dress, they love, they fight.
| Nummer und Typ | BDE-BDE-T-WP-2011.01.23F.001 / Moduldurchführung |
|---|---|
| Modul | Wahlpflichtmodul Theorie 2. Semester |
| Veranstalter | Departement Design |
| Leitung | Dr. Harald Kraemer |
| Zeit | Mo 20. Februar 2023 bis Mo 22. Mai 2023 / 13–15 Uhr |
| Anzahl Teilnehmende | 6 - 17 |
| ECTS | 2 Credits |
| Voraussetzungen | Für DDE-Bachelor-Studierende: English |
| Lehrform | Online Seminar via Zoom or Skype |
| Zielgruppen | Compulsory elective subject (Wahlpflichtseminar) for students of the Bachelor Design, 2 Semester |
| Lernziele / Kompetenzen | 1. Overview of the primary narrative and design elements of a broad range of dystopian science fiction movies 2. Training the skills for critical film analysis by comparing two movies 3. Training your English talking skills by giving a presentation 4. Training your English writing skills by writing a seminar paper 5. Discuss dystopian role models and forms of manipulations to understand future perspectives of our society 6. Learn to understand that dystopia is not a fiction and that we should be aware of it. |
| Inhalte | What are the characteristics of a dystopian society? Typical dystopian Science Fiction topics are: Overpopulation, totalitarian or dictatorial state, world government by global conglomerate of leading companies, social classes, eugenics, state religion, repressive social control, continuous supervision and monitoring, but also permanent entertainment, 24/7 shopping and consuming as well as pandemia, catastrophies and any kind of extraterrestrial threat. By analyzing exemplary movies we will compare the structure, content, messages, design as well as the ways of manipulation and control. Trigger Warning: This seminar contains material with dystopian content on violence, racism, sexism, gender, death, which some students may find disturbing and which may cause discomfort. Participation is therefore at your own risk. Those who cannot stand contradiction and other opinions in the discussion should better stay at home. |
| Bibliographie / Literatur | You will get a list of the movies in the first lesson. To read at all costs, as this is not science fiction, but concerns us all: David Wallace-Wells: The Uninhabitable Earth / Die unbewohnbare Erde. Leben nach der Erderwärmung, 2019. About film analysis: Bert CARDULLO: Film analysis. A casebook, Malden MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. (MIZ HQ 39334) John A. BATEMAN and Karl-Heinrich SCHMIDT: Multimodal Film Analysis, New York: Routledge, 2012. (MIZ HQ 34209) Alice BIENK: Filmsprache. Einführung in die interaktive Filmanalyse. 2. Aufl., Marburg: Schüren, 2008. Lothar MIKOS: Film- und Fernsehanalyse. 2. Aufl., Konstanz: UVK, 2008. Thomas KOEBNER (Hg.): Filmgenres: Science Fiction, Stuttgart: Reclam, 2007. About Science Fiction film: Denis GIFFORD: Science Fiction film, London: Studio Vista, 1971 (Zentralbibliothek ZH NABM 71:1969) J.P. TELOTTE: Science Fiction Film, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. (Zentralbibliothek ZH GQ 36935) Roz KAVENEY: From Alien to the Matrix: Reading Science Fiction Film, London: I.B. Tauris, 2005. (Zentralbibliothek ZH GQ 42971) Claus M. WOLFSCHLAG: Traumstadt und Armageddon: Zukunftsvision und Weltuntergang im Science Fiction Film, Graz: Ares Verlag, 2007. (Zentralbibliothek ZH HQ 4983) |
| Leistungsnachweis / Testatanforderung | Active and regular attendance (min. 80%), Interest for Science Fiction and narratives. Eagerness in debating the texts. Continuous participation and assistance. Critical analysis of two movies. Presentation (20-30 Min.), infographic and seminar paper (8.000 characters incl. spaces). |
| Termine | Every Monday from 20 February until 22 May 2023 No classes on 10 April / 1 May 2023 |
| Bewertungsform | bestanden / nicht bestanden |
