PRODUCTION DESIGN CASE STUDY:
ALIENSYEAR OF RELEASE: 1986
DIRECTOR: James Cameron WRITER: James Cameron, David Giler CINEMATOGRAPHER: Adrian Biddle EXEC. PRODUCER: Gordon Carroll, David Giler GENRE: SCIENCE FICTION / ACTION PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Peter Lamont STORYLINE: 57 years after Ellen Ripley barely managed to survive a hostile alien aboard her ship, she reluctantly travels back to LV-426 to help a group of highly-trained colonial marines search for a terraforming colony that has gone out of contact. Quickly discovering that the colony has become a hive of extremely dangerous xenomoporphic aliens, the rescuers find themselves in a desperate fight for survival. As the As the Marines do their best to defend themselves, Ripley must attempt to protect a young girl who is the sole survivor of the decimated colony. |