technology and innovation in films

If you look at modern day films, you can notice that small and large elements are shown that are previously shown in older films. The technology shown in almost every film today are either fact or fiction. T.V's shown are obviously fact, as they are real today, but then look at Godzilla or Mothra, man made creatures that have an impact on todays film culture. This post will help me open my mind more to what the possibilities that I can create.

Film today often is based off of current events. Film like war create different depictions like Star Wars or Dr. Strangeglove, which shows the dangers of war. "cinema's response to nuclear threat was appropriately enormous. As the cold war took hold, outrageous mutated beasts were spawned onto screens across the world" (Ross 160). Godzilla came out in 1954, under a decade after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs shows the aftermath of nuclear war. The giant mutated lizard created from nuclear waste shows the pain that Japan had felt after the war. Godzilla shows as a warning against technological development and what kind of Pandora's Box could be opened. This helps me by showing that I can create something as terrifying as Godzilla, but important remembrance of where I gain inspiration from.

 The Jurassic Park films are a constant reminder of the dangers of playing god. this helps me by showing that there's more to the world than what we see in front of us.

question-What films do you think were inspired by world events?