Pre-viewing:
1. What problems might a screenwriter have in adapting this work to a movie format?
2. Which scene do you think will be the most challenging for the director?  Why?
3. Does the author provide sufficient information about the time and place of the original story?  Find a reference to each in the book.  (Cite the page number.)  Does the screenwriter need to invent or infer these facts?  How might he/she do this?
4. Whom would you select to play the major roles in a movie version of this work?  Explain your choices.
5.  Describe how you think Tita will be costumed.  Nacha?  Pedro?
6.  Describe what you think the ranch will look like.  The surrounding area?

Viewing:
1.  How do costumes change your image of the character?  How does the setting you visualized in the book differ from the movie?  How is the time and place represented?
2.  What differences in the story are there between the book and the film?  Did these changes affect the story line?
3.  Which events were most effective in the video version of the story?  In the book version?  How did the lighting, setting, camera shots, and acting contribute to the impact of certain scenes?  Are special effects important to the film?
4.  Does American culture have an influence on the way the movie was portrayed?
 

Post-viewing:
1.  Did you prefer imagining the scenes as you read the book or viewing the settings in the film?  Why?
2.  Were the characters in this video more believable and real for you than the characters in the book?  Which character differed most dramatically from the way you imagined him or her in the original work?  Did you like the change?
3.  Do you think if the movie were geared toward a different type of audience, then the film would be demonstrated in a different way?