Science Fiction....

Science Fiction is such a broad genre with in the film industry that I think it is very hard to put just one film in it that isn't related to another genre like comedy or romance.

When looking from a model perspective the genre of science fiction means whether something is convincing to the eye. Whether the craftmanship gone into this piece is realistic; whether it gives off the right signs; whether CGI makes a backdrop to a fantasy film or whether a model would be better.

In the seminar the topic of conversation moved to Physical Modelling vs. CGI. Watch this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_03l-qtyij0

The monster compared to the dragon does look so much better because it is made in the real world it is a physical object and so we recognise the signs and then the movement to show that it is real. Where as the dragon just looks like something out of a video game.

Taking something from the science fiction genre such as The Thing 1982. It looks realistic because it was an amazing piece of modelling work where as something modern such as the newest remake of the Clash of the Titans is mostley done with CGI and in my opinion looks nothing as good as the first make.