Análise comparativa dos filmes Blade Runner e Blade Runner 2049: um estudo do design de produção

Abstract

This study aims to carry out a comparative and descriptive analysis on the presence of production design in the scenographic construction of the films ‘Blade Runner’ (1982), directed by Ridley Scott, and ‘Blade Runner 2049’ (2017), directed by Denis Villeneuve. Both works belong to the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction and portray a futuristic Los Angeles. The work highlights the importance of production design in cinematographic construction, examining internal and external settings of both films. The analysis of the settings was carried out based on Mendes' Still Image Analysis methodology (2019), addressing aspects such as lighting, furniture and textures of walls, floors and ceilings of the environments. The research was structured according to the Double Diamond methodology (2016), dividing the study into phases. Initially, a bibliographic and cinematographic research was carried out on the works, seeking to identify the references used by the directors in both design and cinema. With this information in hand, the protagonists' apartments and two external streets were analyzed, allowing for a comparison of the differences in production design, considering the thirty years that separate the two productions. As a result, it was mainly observed that the future imagined in 1982 was maximalist, full of elements and disorder, while the future visualized in 2017 presented a more minimalist and clean aspect. The analysis, supported by design methodological tools, demonstrated the importance of production design in cinematic narrative, highlighting how it contributes to the construction and development of the story.