How has technology changed our lives and our jobs?Ģ1. Who is the most interesting person in the world that you should know more about?Ģ0. If you could be any living person for one day, who would it be and why?ġ9. What thought-provoking questions can you ask your friends to make them think?ġ8. Do people ever really change or are they just going through phases of being themselves throughout their lives?ġ7. If one of your friends had a secret, what do you think it would be about?ġ6. What are the qualities you admire in other people?ġ5. If you were given $100 right now what would be your first thought on how you should spend it?ġ4. Do people consider you a good friend, and why or why not?ġ3. What thought makes you happy every time it occurs to you?ġ2. What is the best thing that ever happened to you?ġ1. How would others describe me to a stranger if I were not in the room with them right now?ġ0. Are there any words or phrases that offend or bother you because of their use in society today?ĩ. What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?Ĩ. What do you think is the most important event in human history and whyħ. If you were the main character of a story, what would your name be?Ħ. If you could have any superpower, what would it be?ĥ. What is the thought that woke you up this morning?ģ. What do human beings most need in life? Does the film identify any universal problems confronting human beings? What do humans need in order to flourish? What does it see as the point of life? What substitutes for God are there in the film?Ģ0.2. What is the view of morality? What does goodness mean? How do characters make moral decisions? What are the characters' values, and are these the same as the film's values?ġ9. What is the view of knowledge? How do characters know what is true (experience, logic, intuition or revelation)? How do they make decisions? Where do they find wisdom?ġ8. How is the image of God within human beings seen in this film? How is human rebellion against God expressed?ġ7. What is the view of humanity? What does the film say about the nature of human beings? What does the film say about communities and families?ġ6. What is the view of reality? Is there any place for God or other spiritual dimensions to life? Is impersonal fate used as a substitute for God?ġ5.
Are there religious themes or connections? How is faith treated (if at all)? Worldviewsġ4. How does the film handle the underlying themes (morality, politics, religion, sexuality, happiness, freedom, love, spirituality, identity, etc.)?ġ3. How does the film's editing contribute to the meaning of the film?ġ2. How is our attention drawn to particular images? How are particular visual elements used as symbols or metaphors?ġ1. Whose point of view does the camera represent?ġ0. What do the main characters learn about themselves, and how do they change? Meaningĩ. What choices do the characters make? What motivates them? What are the consequences?Ĩ. How would you describe the main characters? What are their goals? What problems do they face?ħ. How does the film end? Is everything resolved? How? If not, why not? CharactersĦ. Does the world of the film work like the real world? If not, what are the differences?ĥ. What causes the major turning points in the narrative?Ĥ. To what extent did it fit with your expectations, or did it subvert them in some ways? Structureģ. How did the film make you feel? What aspects worked well, and which didn't (think about writing, direction, cinematography, acting, editing and soundtrack)?Ģ.
#QUESTIONS THAT MAKE YOU THINK PDF#
You can download PDF documents of these questions, as well as of the complete set of questions from the book. As well as helping you in your own thinking about movies, these questions also provide a useful framework for group discussions in a Film Club, for example). They are intended to help you organise your thinking as you watch a film. These question are based on those in my book, Focus: The Art and Soul of Cinema.
Twenty Questions to Consider When Watching a Film
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