What is the predicted length in minutes of the average movie in 2020?
You are the CEO of a movie production company and you want to know how the length of the average movie has changed over the years so that you can determine how long your movies should be that are being released in 2020. It is up to you to research this information using the links below, then create a scatterplot of the information and make predictions based upon your line of best fit.
Academy Awards Best Picture (1927 – present)
Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
Your Team’s Steps:
- Choose 20 movies from the first link, Academy Awards Best Picture, with 10 movies winning before 1960. It is important to spread out your data to get an accurate prediction.
- Go to IMDB. Type in each title to find out the length of each movie.
- Create a table of menu items with their corresponding year and length of movie (in minutes) on your Google Sheets team page, slide #4.
- Create a table and scatter plot of your data using the Technology Master’s knowledge on your Google Sheets team page, slide #4.
- Make a line of best fit for you data using the Futurist’s knowledge on your Google Sheets team page, slide #4.
- Make a prediction(s) on slide #5 of your Google Sheets team page based upon the year and time. Give a specific example.
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