Blade Runner
Blade Runner – Movie Study Questions.
-describe the environment seen at the start of the movie. (It is based in Los Angeles. How does this scene differ from the images of Los Angeles we all know? What is the dominant color used here?)
The dominant colour is black which shows that bad things could potentially happen later on in the film which has a lot of smoke and depicks the city as a misty place.
What does the opening shot suggest about the environment of earth in 2019?
The opening shot suggests that the environmental side of earth has progressively gotten worse and
Section 1 Study Questions 1. What is an Android?
An artificial form of life that looks identical to humans and acts like a normal person 2. Why were the first androids developed?
To discover space 3. What physical capabilities did they have that were superior to humans?
Strength, agility
4. What life span was built into androids by the Tyrell Corporation?
The life span of the replicants was 4 years 5. What would happen to Androids if they were caught returning to earth?
They would be “retired” on sight 6. What is a Blade Runner and how could they recognise Androids who look and act very much like humans? A blade runner is someone that kills androids/replicants , they use a response test.
Section 2. Study questions
1) What crime did the replicants commit?
The replicants killed everyone on the shuttle bringing them back to earth
2) How does Bryant know they reached Earth?
Because one of the replicants got fryed by the defence of the tyrell corperation
3) Why did they try to break into the Tyrell Corporation?
To find a program code to live longer then the 4 years
4) What is the purpose of the Voigt-Kampff test?
To identify the replicant
5) What does Bryant mean when he says Zhora is both beauty and the beast?
Because she was “good looking” but she was deadly
6) Why does he call replicants “skin jobs”?
To not consider him human
7) Do replicants
-describe the environment seen at the start of the movie. (It is based in Los Angeles. How does this scene differ from the images of Los Angeles we all know? What is the dominant color used here?)
The dominant colour is black which shows that bad things could potentially happen later on in the film which has a lot of smoke and depicks the city as a misty place.
What does the opening shot suggest about the environment of earth in 2019?
The opening shot suggests that the environmental side of earth has progressively gotten worse and
Section 1 Study Questions 1. What is an Android?
An artificial form of life that looks identical to humans and acts like a normal person 2. Why were the first androids developed?
To discover space 3. What physical capabilities did they have that were superior to humans?
Strength, agility
4. What life span was built into androids by the Tyrell Corporation?
The life span of the replicants was 4 years 5. What would happen to Androids if they were caught returning to earth?
They would be “retired” on sight 6. What is a Blade Runner and how could they recognise Androids who look and act very much like humans? A blade runner is someone that kills androids/replicants , they use a response test.
Section 2. Study questions
1) What crime did the replicants commit?
The replicants killed everyone on the shuttle bringing them back to earth
2) How does Bryant know they reached Earth?
Because one of the replicants got fryed by the defence of the tyrell corperation
3) Why did they try to break into the Tyrell Corporation?
To find a program code to live longer then the 4 years
4) What is the purpose of the Voigt-Kampff test?
To identify the replicant
5) What does Bryant mean when he says Zhora is both beauty and the beast?
Because she was “good looking” but she was deadly
6) Why does he call replicants “skin jobs”?
To not consider him human
7) Do replicants