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Scene Analysis 

Short film plot explained for It's All In Your Head

Given the outbreak of COVID-19 and following government advice, schools and colleges were closed from the 20th of March 2020, and I was not able to shoot my short film due to this. I had been waiting for April to shoot my film as I would have been able to use natural sunlight as opposed to artificial light to keep things as realist as possible. Since I cannot shoot my film, here is an explanation of the plot I made earlier using my (badly) drawn stickmen and images from Google to give an idea as to what my short film could have looked like had college still have been open! 

Comparing Blade Runner to other Scott's films

Alien

• Both films are futuristic and have rather dark themes
• Both are filmed on a set and don't feature many scenes on a location
• Alien is a science fiction horror film; Blade Runner is futuristic
• Sexuality is expressed differently: A is subtle; BR is more obvious - the male and female are both shown

Gladiator

• In both films, there is the theme of the son killing the 'father'
• Dr Eldon Tyrell is killed by Nexus 6 Replicant Roy Battle, his creation; Commodus kills his father Julius Cesar 
• Incest: Both protagonists end up with their 'sister' - Maximus gets with Lucilla, daughter to his 'father'. Deckard ends up with Rachel, 'daughter' to Tyrell, who was probably also created by Deckard.

Prometheus

• Both films feature the characters' searching for who created them
• Like Roy Batty, Peter Weyland journeys to LV-223 in the hope of finding an extension on his rapidly dwindling life
• Frankenstein connection: should artificial life be regarded as the same as humans
• Some argue Prometheus is a sequel to Blade Runner 

Similarities and Differences between Orson Welles's 'The Lady From Shanghai' and Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner'

Similarities and Differences between Orson Welles's 'The Lady From Shanghai' and Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner'

Similarities: Both scenes are quite romantic and share a first kiss between the female and male lead; Elsa and Deckard are both the ones to initiate the kiss but their styles differ - Elsa comes across as seductive which fits the femme fatale role whilst Deckard appears more abusive; both films have this theme of an identity struggle with the female leads - are both pretending to be someone else: Rachael is pretending to be a human, Elsa is pretending to be someone else until it's discovered that she's the one who is the murderer

Differences: Blade Runner is shot on a set whilst Lady from Shanghai was set outside in the open; LFS uses film noir whilst BR uses neo-noir; LFS uses high contrast and lowkey lighting whilst BR uses lowkey lighting - neo-noir visual style; BR uses two shots in dialogue whilst LFS uses shot-reverse-shots used in dialogue; BR was shot during the Blockbuster Era whilst LFS was shot during the Hollywood Era; the kiss between Elsa and Michael is more built-up making it appear more intimate whilst the kiss between Deckard and Rachel isn't and the scene is more fast-paced and moves on quickly with the plot indicating that their kiss isn't as important. Deckard's forcefulness and what could be considered Rachael being submissive indicates the type of relationship they have. These differences could be due to their differences in backgrounds; OW worked in the theatre as a director and RS in advertising where he learnt his cinematographic, lighting and editing techniques.