SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE PORTFOLIO

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SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE PORTFOLIO Your task is to view a teacher-approved science fiction movie and complete the following project worth 15% of your overall mark. The project is worth 100 marks and is due on _____________

Create Your Own Title Page Create an original movie poster for your film as a title page. Use the movie title in an original font style on a creatively designed front cover page. Choose one line from the movie as a tag-line. Compose a short blurb with you as critic. Do not just use a current movie poster design for your film. MINORITY REPORT

Plot Development Plot outline – create a flow chart describing the main plot and sub-plots in the film. Indicate the main conflict and problems, the complications of rising action, turning points and climax, and falling action of the story-line. (Your chart should include 12-15 boxes.)

“What if?” Scenario In a paragraph or two, describe the main “what if” scenarios that the science fiction of the film is based on. MINORITY REPORT

Sci-Fi Setting Describe the main sci-fi settings of the film both in time and place. Also consider what moods or atmospheres that are created by the setting. What makes the setting an effective one for this story? MINORITY REPORT

Character sketches Provide character dossiers for the main characters in the story (2 or 3). These should be like a personnel file on the characters. Include photos and brief descriptions of the characters’ backgrounds and their roles in the plot. MINORITY REPORT

Thematic Journal Explain the main message or lesson that the film presents to the audience by creating an imaginary journal of 1 or 2 pages from the perspective of a character in the movie. Refer to events in the story to show how the theme is presented. MINORITY REPORT

Creative Response Create a brochure for one main element of the science or technology in the film. It can take the form of a product brochure, travel brochure or information about the scientific or technological basis of the film. MINORITY REPORT

Sources Sheet (Bibliography) List the main sources of information you have used to help you in your portfolio (websites, books, etc.) MINORITY REPORT