Author Archives: Kevin Foughty

The opening to the 2012 film Looper (directed by Rian Johnson), we see what it is like to be a “looper.” For background, the film is set in the future and in the future of that future, time travel exists. In the future where time travel exists, the way the mob (to quote Scorsese’s filmContinue reading “Looper Opening Scene Analysis”

I know what your thinking: what does a rom-com staring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan released in 1998 about two people falling in love over email but it real life only argue have anything to do with science fiction. Well, if you take this trip down history lane, you will soon find out. The yearContinue reading “You’ve Got Mail (aka: What Makes a Film Sci-Fi)”

The opening scene for Christopher Nolan 2000 film Memento is a good example of an opening for film noir. The opening poses questions that are not answered until later in the movie. The audience has many questions: Why is this in reverse? Why is this man taking a picture of a corpse? Who is theContinue reading “Memento Opening Scene Analysis”

On Friday, January 24th, 2020, my group met at the local Dunkin Donuts to discuss in further detail what our plans are for the film we are going to create. We talked about creating a sci-fi noir that involves a simulation glitching or catching a virus and the people in charge of it send aContinue reading “What We Discussed”

(Notable media: Taxi Driver, Blade Runner, The Dark Knight, Sin City, Notorious, Memento, Drive) Here is a good video that defines what film noir is and its conventions; this is where I got all of my new information. Defining Film Noir Film noir is a genre of film recognized for its use of chiaroscuro –Continue reading “Film noir”

There is a myriad of subgenres in sci-fi: you got the robots, simulations, aliens, aliens that make you go insane if you look at them, and the good ol’ “everything is wrong how did we get here” subgenre. These subgenres usually intertwine while still being able to stand out. For the example, The Matrix isContinue reading “Types of Sci-fi”

Hi, my name is Kevin Foughty and this is my blog for part of my AICE Media Studies final in which we create an opening for an original film. My group (Susan Hammond, Nicholas Gray, and Fares Eltoukhy) and I, plan on making a film that is a mix between the sci-fi and noir genres;Continue reading “Introduction”