Compare and Contrasting AI

For this project you will: For your third essay, you will be writing a compare and contrast analysis of Descender & a media interpretation of an AI. Topic

1: Compare and Contrast Tim-21 with another media interpretation of AI e.g. Ava in Ex Machina or Wall-E

Topic 2: Compare and Contrast a symbol in Descender with a symbol in Ex Machina

Topic 3: Pick a villain in Descender and compare/contrast them against another monster in Ex Machina

Topic 4: Create your own compare and contrast topic about Descender and Ex Machina Task Overview: Make notes about the signs and symbols in both texts & whether those signs and symbols change for different people/Robots in the movie Develop a hypothesis about your topic Use research and visuals from the film to back up your thesis If you are using any film outside of the one shown in class, you will need to get approval.