The Formation And Evolution Of Cyberpunk Aesthetic

Cyberpunk,as a synthetic word,quickly became popular and trendy in the field of science fiction literature at its inception.After that,cyberpunk has gone beyond literature to film,animation,music,costume and other artistic fields.In this process,film as the main position,created the seminal cyberpunk film,Blade Runner.The film constructed a futuristic urban space of its own through anti-utopia images of decadent cities,which became a template for later cyberpunk films to construct images of futuristic cities and,together with a host of subsequent films,formed to a unique visual aesthetic style-the cyberpunk aesthetic.Today,the cyberpunk aesthetic has broken out of its original framework into a larger arena.This paper consists of four sections.The introductory section discusses the background and significance of the topic,literature,and the concept of cyberpunk.Through a longitudinal approach,it is concluded that cyberpunk is not simply a literary genre or a cinematic subject,but an evolving and open-ended aesthetic paradigm.The first chapter will examine the context in which Blade Runner was produced,analyzing the multiple technological,social and cultural reasons that contributed to its creation and providing a summary.The second chapter will focus on Blade Runner and,through an analysis of the film’s futuristic cityscape,the visual map of its characters and the unique law of noir within cyberpunk film,conclude that the audiovisual language of cyberpunk cinema is unique in its aesthetic qualities,and that its images are different and specific to all previous science fiction films.At the same time,cyberpunk films can also convey a specific idea through their audiovisual language,the images are functional.This specificity and functionality combine to create a unique cyberpunk aesthetic.The third chapter will continue the timeline of the second chapter,exploring the evolution of the cyberpunk aesthetic in the new century and analyzing the reasons for its transformation.Finally,the application of cyberpunk aesthetics in current films,games,web-comics and other fields will be discussed in order to draw general trends in the evolution of cyberpunk creativity.