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3Cs and 3Ss Question Card and Dice
How to play the game
• To play the 3Cs and 3Cs game, stick the • If you don’t have a dice you can create a
dice template to a piece of card, cut it out lucky dip by writing each of the Cs and Ss
and assemble the cube. on six pieces of paper, so that you have 36
pieces, and place them in a hat for people
• Roll the dice and challenge your friends
to pick from.
with a question from that C or S category.
• If you don’t want to print anything out, you • Alternatively, you could also print out and
cut up the question card, and place the
can use an ordinary dice and assign each of
questions in a hat to create a question
the Cs and Ss a number, for example one =
lucky dip.
colour, two = setting and so on.
USE THESE QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS FILMS THAT YOU WATCH IN FILM CLUB.
Colours story
• What colours do you see? • What happens in the beginning, middle and at the
• How do the colours make you feel? end of the story?
• When do the colours change and why? • What are the most important things (events) that
• What do the colours tell you about the time of day happen in the story?
that the story took place? • How would the story change if events happened in a
• Why do you think certain colours are used? different order?
• What colours would you have chosen? • How do we know where the story takes place?
• Do the colours change when the story is in a • Who or what is the story about?
different setting? • How can we tell?
• Are any colours associated with particular characters? • How long does the story take in ‘real’ time?
• How important do you think the colours are in • What do you think happened before the story began?
the film? • What might happen next, after the end of the story?
• What would the film have been like in black • How does this story remind you of other stories?
and white or in just one colour? • How would you like the story to continue?
• What mood do you think the colours create?
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USE THESE QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS FILMS THAT YOU WATCH IN FILM CLUB.
character setting
• Is there a main character? • Where does the action take place?
• Is there more than one main character? • Why is the story set in a particular place?
• Is the story really about this character or about • When and how does the setting change?
someone else? • How does the setting affect the characters and
• Who is telling the story? the way they behave?
• What do the main characters look like? • When the story began, where did you think we were?
• What might the way they look like tell us about • How could you tell where the story was taking place?
them as a character? • Could the same story have happened in a
• How do they speak and what do they say? different place?
• How do they behave? • How do you think the story would have changed if
• How do they behave towards other characters? it had happened in a different place or setting?
• Do any of the characters have particular music • Can you tell when the story is taking place?
or sounds? • What clues might there be to tell us whether the
• Which character interests you the most? story is set now or in the past?
• Is there anyone else you would like to see in the story?
• How would the story be different with another
character added or taken away?
camera sounds
• What shots have been used? Can you name them? • How many different sounds do you hear? What are they?
• When do you see a long shot or a close-up shot? • Is there music in the film?
• What are the different shots used for? • How does the music make you feel?
• Through whose eyes do we see the story? • When do you hear the music or sounds change?
• When do we see different characters’ point of view? • What is happening on screen when the sounds or
• When does the camera move and when does it music change?
stay still? • If you listen to the sounds without the pictures,
• How does the camera help to tell the story? can you tell what is happening on the screen?
• What do the first shots tell us about the story, the • Are there any moments of silence?
setting etc? • Do any of the characters speak? What do they
• Why do certain shots follow each other e.g. a long sound like?
shot followed by a close-up? • If you added your own voiceover to the film, who
• How can you tell what the characters are thinking or would speak and what would they say?
how they are feeling through what the camera does? • Can you hear any sound effects?
• How quickly do the shots change? Does this • Do you think any sounds have been made louder
change in different parts of the story? than they would be in real life? What are they?
Why do you think they are louder in the film?
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