Humans - Initial thoughts



  • Mise-en-scene?


Themes?

  • slavers, 
  • sex work, 
  • human relationships 


representation?

  • class system, 
  • women- mother want to be needed, nurturing 
  • nuclear family
  • stereotypical roles for each in the family- more relatable to the audience makes it more meaningful 
  • broken marriage 

cinematography? 



sound?

  • tech noise used to anchor meaning that they are machine 


sci-fi genre conventions? 

  • synthetics

  • mad scientist

  • 'singularity'- one days computers take over people

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