Science Fiction Aesthetic

Creates an exploratory unknown-world impression with artificial structures luminous surfaces and broad spaces.

Visual traits

• future technology
• unfamiliar environments
• artificial light

Expected changes

• Artificial structures and luminous surfaces are more likely to appear
• Space is more likely to gain unfamiliar scale

Definition

It depicts imagined unknowns through future technology alien environments and artificial light. It does not specify a particular work person technology or story.

In more detail

It uses artificial structures luminous surfaces and broad spaces to create an image of exploring an unknown world. Subject and composition remain separate choices.

Includes

• Visual treatment imagining future technology and unfamiliar environments

Excludes

• A particular work or person
• Real technical specifications
• A story set in a particular space or city

What this does not imply

• A particular work or person
• Real technical specifications
• A particular fictional world

Variability

Because the evidence is a general media source, technical imagery may vary in consistency.

Usage

• Coordinate artificial structures with the role of light
• Specify subject and scene separately

Distinguish similar expressions

• Specify named works people and technologies separately

Typical uses

• Add an exploratory futuristic impression
• Shape spatial atmosphere while retaining the subject

Possible failure modes

• Unmotivated devices clutter the image
• Unfamiliarity drifts toward a generic cityscape