| Area of Film Focus | Film 1 | Film 2 | Topic for Comparative Study |
| Science-fiction genre | The War of the Worlds (dir. Byron Haskin, 1953) | The World’s End (dir. Edgar Wright, 2013) | The development of the science fiction genre over time |
Research Question: To what extent have modern science fiction films changed since the birth of the genre, shown with The War of the Worlds (dir. Byron Haskin, 1953) and The World’s End (dir. Edgar Wright, 2013)?