Movies provide an opportunity to explore the history and future of technology. For your Final Paper, you will explore a movie by answering the questions below. See the Requirements section below for more information on the format, structure, and requirements.
We will show one movie during an optional class period (see the schedule) and we will make this movie available to stream for free if you prefer to watch the movie on your own. If you opt to choose a different movie than the one shown in class you are responsible for facilitating access to that movie — we do not provide access or have class copies.
Paper Contents
There will be five smaller parts that make up one larger paper: a brief summary followed by four prompts.
Brief Summary
Describe your experience with this movie. Please answer all of these questions in full, complete sentences. This section should be no less than 1.5 pages (½ a page for each bullet).
• Provide a brief summary of the movie. You MUST use specific examples from the movie in your answer. (At least ½ page)
• What was your opinion of the movie? You MUST use specific examples from the movie in your answer. (At least ½ page)
• How feasible do you think the technology shown in the movie is? Why or why not? Use specific examples of at least ONE (1) technology used in the movie. (At least ½ page)
Essay questions/Prompts (Choose 4)
We have specific prompts for each movie. Once you decide which movie you will cover for your paper, you can pick four of the prompts from that movie to include in your paper.
For each prompt that you chose, adhere to the following requirements:
• Your response to the prompt must be at least ½ page. Do not go over 1 page.
• You must include at least ONE (1) DIRECT example from lecture material from this entire semester of lecture PER question. This could be a specific lecture topic, discussion during lecture, quote from lecture.
o Remember to cite your lecture sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
• Use a combination of personal opinion and research (cited!) to answer. (Please see “research” at the bottom of this assignment.)
• Please put each question on a separate page (use page breaks) within the paper with the question at the top so we know what question you have chosen to answer.
Prompts for Each Movie
• Final Paper Prompts – Westworld (1973).pdf (Shown in Class)
• Final Paper Prompts – Gattaca (1997).pdf
• Final Paper Prompts – Agent Cody Banks (2003).pdf
General Requirements
• Include an appropriately formatted heading at the top of your paper.
• Use full and complete sentences.
• Use page breaks between each section of the paper.
Formatting
See the Formatting and Citation Guide.
Your paper should be edited for grammar and spelling, be written thoughtfully, have full complete sentences (no answering questions in bullet points!) and include a nice mixture of personal opinion and research.
Research
• At least 4 external references/sources total. Only 1 may be Wikipedia.
• At least one direct lecture citation for each question.