Critical Film Commentary #1
Due by 7:00 pm on Tuesday, October 17, 2017
This commentary will be approximately four double-spaced pages in length (standard 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper,
standard 1-inch margins, 12 point font) and will be on one of the films presented in class
in weeks 1-5 of the course. This commentary will be broken into four numbered sections with the following
titles and contents:
- Summary: Briefly summarize the plot of the film in one or two paragraphs.
- Accuracy of Depiction of Computing: State first the aspects of computing
treated in this film (the course theme assigned by the instructor to the
film may help in isolating these aspects). Then, for each aspect, describe how
accurate the film is with respect to actual computing today (and, if you like,
actual computing when the film was made). When there are inaccuracies, please
discuss / speculate on why these inaccuracies might have occurred, e.g., technical
incompetence, dramatic licence.
- Impact on Perception of Computing: Discuss briefly the impression of computing
made by the film on viewers of that film.
- Personal Assessment of Film: Discuss briefly what you thought of the film,
e.g., "This is 88 minutes of my life I will never be getting back", as well as
how the film might have been improved by doing things differently, e.g.,
"fewer explosions, more technobabble".
The following information must be included in a block at the top of the first page:
Computer Science 1401 (Fall 2017)
Critical Film Commentary #1
NAME OF FILM AND YEAR RELEASED
YOUR NAME AND MUN STUDENT NUMBER
Feel free to cite the course notes or other sources to back up your statements in
the commentary (with all references to these sources given consistently in full detail
in a standard format, e.g., APA, IEEE, in a "References" section at the end of the paper).
Note that additional marks
up to 10% of the commentary's mark value (i.e., 1.5% course mark) can be obtained
by intelligently citing sources in addition to the course notes; these marks will be given
at the discretion of the instructor.
Submission
Please hand in a paper copy of your commentary to the course instructor by the
due date. Computer typeset papers are preferred. Handwritten papers will
be accepted, with the understanding that if the instructor finds the paper difficult
to read, it will be returned to be re-written. The marks associated with various aspects
of the commentary are described in the commentary evaluation scheme.
- September 5, 3:50pm
Critical Film Commentary #1 posted.
Created: September 5, 2017
Last Modified: October 10, 2017