Prometheus, by Ridley Scott is about a group of scientists traveling together on a spaceship named Prometheus headed towards an alien planet. They interpreted a picture from several disconnected cultures in history and on it was a map so they took it as an invitation to the planet. They have been in a deep sleep to shorten the travel while an android waits patiently for the time they wake up. The arrive to the mysterious planet, and find alien establishments. What they find is worse than they imagine, a dark liquid and mysterious slug-like organisms that tear the scientists apart. They learn the alien race they were seeking were now trying to destroy earth. In the end, there is a lone survivor still seeking the answer she wishes to know, escaping the alien being that created her who is now trying to destroy her.

      Cinematography plays a huge role in this film as most of it is done in computer-generated imagery. In order for this film to work, the setting and prop dress have to match the genre of the film. Since it's a genre film, the director needs to focus more on the visual aspects to depict the alien world to the audience. He is effective in making it convincing enough that these scientists are isolated and the overall tone reflects on the decisions of colors and design of the film to build suspense giving the feeling of hopelessness. The director must have been meticulous about what is going to be shown and how it would be presented. It seemed he took a lot time trying to 'get it right' for that specific look, and as most know, it is a precursor but not directly related to, Alien, a film Ridley Scott made earlier in his life. With that said, he had a good balance of how to introduce the story and character development with the imagery parallel to the progression of the plot. The visuals are extremely stunning distracting away from how little he would reveal until the end, allowing the audience to sympathize or 'favoritize' the characters in the story before he 'kills' them all.