Movie Analysis Work Sheet
Movie Analysis Work Sheet
Movie Analysis Work Sheet
1. How are the major characters introduced? What does this tell us about what will
happen in the story?
2. What can be considered as the antagonist in the story?
3. What motivates the protagonist in her struggle against the antagonist?
4. The middle of the story presents ascending difficulties, referred to as complications,
which increase the tension and the need for a resolution. Describe one of the story's
complications and show how it serves to push the characters toward more intense
action.
5. What life lessons can be learned from the choices made by the main characters in this
story?
6. Describe one thing that was universal that you learned from the film.
7. Describe one thing that you learned about the culture of the country in which the film
was set.
8. Did you learn anything from this movie? If you did, what was it?
9. What is the message of this movie? Do you agree or disagree with it?
10.Was there something you didn't understand about the film? What was that?
11.What did you like best about the movie? Why?
12.Did anything that happened in this movie remind you of something that has occurred in
your own life or that you have seen occur to others?
13.What were you thinking as you finished watching the film?
14.Would you recommend this movie to a friend? Explain your reasons.
15.What part of the story told by the movie was the most powerful? Why?
16.If you were writing the screenplay for this movie, would you have changed the ending?
Explain your answer.
17.What feelings did you share with any of the characters in the movie?
18.Did any of the characters in this movie make you angry? Tell us why.
19.Did you come to respect any of the characters in this movie? Who was it and why did
you come to respect that character?
20. Which of the approaches we discussed is/are evident in the movie? Cite some of the
scenes in the movie to explain your answer.