The background greatly affects the director because, "Writer-director Neill Blomkamp grew up in Johannesburg during an era of white minority rule; later, memories of the apartheid government's social divisiveness and authoritarian control became "the most powerful influence" in shaping his creative vision." The way that the background shaped the director made him question the racial tension and the barrier in the movies that he created and how the rule and consequences of living during the apartheid made him show this tension and barriers in the movie District nine 9. So a way that childhoods and background affect the directors can also very subtal or very clear depending on how the direcotrs uses it.
Another was the Korean film call the host. The director in the film was showing certain aspects and dangers that humans can get their handon like radioactive waste and how it affects the environment around them and the way it can alter things so that they become more dangerous. This is a affect of the nuclear weapons that we have now and a way that the weapons that we have can alter the environment as will as hurt us.
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Austin, this is a good start. You have already identified a perspective in District 9 and how it has been influenced by the apartheid in South Africa. You also identified in The Host the problems of nuclear weapons. Now that you have found 2 sci-fi films from different countries, try to find something more specific to compare them with. This way it wont be as broad and will be easier to do your research for. You could possibly compare themes, camera work, allegories, symbols, use of aliens, etc.
I like how you are connecting the fantasy world of sci fi and real life issues together. This seems to be an important factor in the sci fi genre, and is a part of other genres as well. Sounds like a good start to an IB topic.
i like your topic choice, but i am not sure which "Korea" you are talking about. Do u mean the "North" Korea or the "South" Korea? From what i understand, "North" Korea is the country that develop necular weapons and ingnore the warnning from other country... overall, i like your reseach topic very much, just need to clearify this little thing.
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