Dystopia Friday - 3/3/2017

Friday – 3/3/17 Objective: Students will be able to create a presentation or essay that compares a form of dystopian control to a contemporary media example. Please take a copy of the Dystopia in the Media Project Complete through Question 12 of the Bell Ringer Once you have completed the Bell Ringer, please get out a writing utensil and your notes

Dystopias: Definition and Characteristics Utopia: A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions Dystopia: A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. Seen through the lens of an exaggerated worst-case scenario Making criticism about current trend, societal norm, or political system

what are we looking for and how do we know we’ve found it? Characteristics of a Dystopian Society: Propaganda used to control the citizens of society Information, independent thought, and freedom restricted A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizen of society Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance have a fear of the outside world live in a dehumanized state conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad Natural World is banished and distrusted The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world

What is being used to oppress the people and Maintain the illusion of perfection? Types of Dystopian Controls: Corporate control: one or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media Resident Evil, Robocop, Minority Report, Running Man Bureaucratic control: society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials V for Vendetta, Anthem, The Hunger Games, Brazil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl4Gl33R1vg

What is being used to oppress the people and Maintain the illusion of perfection? Types of Dystopian Controls Technological control: society is controlled by technology – through computers, robots, and/or scientific means. Terminator, The Matrix, I, Robot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbjX7FwCZa8&feature=youtu.be Philosophical/religious control: society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government Delirium, Divergent, Unwind

The Dystopian Protagonist Often feels trapped and is struggling to escape Questions the existing social and political systems Believes or feels that something is terribly wrong with the society in which they live Helps the audience recognize the negative aspects of the dystopian world through their perspective

More Examples of Dystopian Media Avatar The Island Blade Runner Elysium The Maze Runner In Time V for Vendetta Dredd Children of Men Repo Men Equilibrium The Giver Total Recall Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Idiocrasy Even more can be found in your project description! Robocop