Please note that the instructor are really strict with the similarity of the paper to others.
Final Project
Kenese Io
Film represents a unique and oft disorienting lens into the ideas and narratives that perme-
ate our society. Ideology and narrative/rhetorical power has been a constant thread in our
class so far, and nowhere perhaps can these ties be seen stronger than in the cinema. Your
act of lm consumption is never just a simple act of consumption, there lies something more.
For your nal project in this class you will be asked to watch one of the lms below
and to attempt to identify themes and ideas within the works, both in its aesthetics and
in its narratives, that link with some of the thinkers we’ve discussed in class thus far. The
lms available to be chosen from are as follows (in chronological order):
A Bug’s Life (1998)
Pleasantville (1998)
Oce Space (1999)
Wall-E (2008)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Lego Movie (2014)
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Parasite (2019)
The structure for the project will be loose, to give you the space to be creative and have
fun with it (or as much as you are able). Each project, however, will have to have at least
the following aspects:
A brief summary of the plot of the movie and relevant information (when it was
lmed, director, etc. . . )
A description of the economist/school of thought that you see as relevant to the
movie
A description of the themes in the movie that match with your chosen economist/school
of thought
Two examples of specic scenes that re
ect your chosen economist/school of thought
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Your projects will be done during the last week of class on Monday, August 6th. Have fun,
relax. Your grade will be comprised of creativity, identication of themes and elaboration,
clarity, and eort.
Clearly outline and summarize the lm
Present the ideas in the lm that connect with
the authors
elaborate on the concepts and discuss how
these ideas strengthen the lms content
Double spaced Times New Roman
MLA format (1″ margins)
5-7 pages
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