Viewer's Response

When viewing a film, consider the following: 

Cinematography 

• • • What kinds of images are you seeing? Are they soft and glowing with warmth or harsh and sharp? 

    • Does the camera move slowly from left to right or does it jump quickly? 

    • Does the film "feel" fast paced or relaxed?

    • What are the scene transitions like? Does the film fade to black between "chapters"?

Music

• • • What's the soundtrack like? Could it be identified with an era? 

    • Are themes repeated  like the bass "da-dum da-dum da-dum dum dum da-dum da-dum da-dum" in Jaws?  When and why is a theme repeated?

 Storyline

• • • Who are the main characters? 

    • What's the primary conflict? How is it resolved?

    • Are there any sub-plots?

    • What's the overall theme? 

 Film Adaptation of a Novel

• • • Are characters/scenes missing or added?

    • Is the sequence of events the same as the novel?

    • Is the ending the same? 

    • Is the overall message the same?  

    • Do the actors interpret the characters in the same way you envisioned the characters when you read the book?How are they different than you imagined? How are they the same?