creative writing milestone 4

List of Topics and Sub-Modules for M4: Milestone 4--Create a Short Story

• M4: Milestone 3--Create a Short Story

Assignment

Please note that unless noted within an assignment’s directions, any form of AI is not permitted in work intended to represent the original and authentic voice of the writer.  The use of such programs violates course academic integrity policies.

Part 1: Choose a Story Theme

Choose a topic to make the center of a short story.  Your story must include fifteen elements from the video, whether that’s a direct quote used as dialogue or the incorporation of specific ideas from the video playing a role in the plot of your story. 

• • Clothing will help people walk 

  • Clean energy

  • Computer chips implanted into the human brain 

  • Privacy

  • Hurricanes 

Your story for this assignment should be 600-1,000 words and MLA 9th edition formatted.

At the end of the story, in no more than 250 words, identify the fifteen elements from your chosen video that appear within your story and explain how you meaningfully incorporated them into the plot:

Watch this video regarding things that will likely happen before 2049: 

https://youtu.be/hyqVe5xCM4Q

Watch this video if you’re choosing clothing that will help people walk:

https://youtu.be/K2PIps2otKc

Write a story, based on a year before 2049, when advancements related to this topic are likeliest to occur, based on the information in the video.  The story must use direct ideas and wording from the video.  How you use the ideas and wording is your choice, but the content from the video must be meaningfully and substantively used throughout the story.

Watch this video if you’re choosing clean energy:

https://youtu.be/oD17uLWd2qA

Write a story, based on a year before 2049, when advancements related to this topic are likeliest to occur, based on the information in the video.  The story must use direct ideas and wording from the video.  How you use the ideas and wording is your choice, but the content from the video must be meaningfully and substantively used throughout the story.

Watch this video if you’re choosing computer chips implanted into the human brain: 

https://youtu.be/514agonyu7c

Write a story, based on a year before 2049, when advancements related to this topic are likeliest to occur, based on the information in the video.  The story must use direct ideas and wording from the video.  How you use the ideas and wording is your choice, but the content from the video must be meaningfully and substantively used throughout the story. 

Watch this video if you’re choosing privacy:

https://youtu.be/gTrr0i0G4mk

Write a story, based on a year before 2049, when advancements related to this topic are likeliest to occur, based on the information in the video.  The story must use direct ideas and wording from the video.  How you use the ideas and wording is your choice, but the content from the video must be meaningfully and substantively used throughout the story.

Watch this video if you’re choosing hurricanes:

https://youtu.be/5m68_07Sav4

Write a story, based on a year before 2049, when advancements related to this topic are likeliest to occur, based on the information in the video.  The story must use direct ideas and wording from the video.  How you use the ideas and wording is your choice, but the content from the video must be meaningfully and substantively used throughout the story.

Part 2: Movie Pitch for Your Short Story

In a narrated PowerPoint or screencast, create a movie pitch based on your short story. 

• • Identify actual actors (Brad Pitt, Jenna Ortega, Julia Roberts, Chris Evans, etc.).  Justify your choices by explaining why the actors make sense in terms of casting them for the roles that you’ve chosen.  Consider similar roles they’ve played in the past, skills they’ve demonstrated in those roles that you think will best serve your characters.

    • How to assess acting: https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/good-acting-vs-bad-acting-5589/#:~:text=A%20good%20actor%20performs%20with,a%20detail%20that%20goes%20unsaid.

  • Identify five songs, by name and artist, to put on the movie soundtrack.

  • Include images of potential costumes and explain why those costumes make sense for your characters.