How far has your understanding of your chosen films been increased by placing

them within a national cinema study?

How useful is it to study films by reference to their national cinema context?

How important is a broader knowledge of your chosen national cinema in

understanding and appreciating the films you have studied for this topic?

How has a broader study of national context given you greater insight into your
chosen films?

How far do the films that you have studied for this topic deal with specific
national themes and issues?

How far can it be said that the films you have studied for this topic reflect
national themes in the stories they tell?

What have you discovered about your chosen national cinema from making a
comparison of major themes in the films you have studied for this topic?

How far is it possible to identify similar approaches to narrative and storytelling

in the films you have studied for this topic?

How far is it possible to identify similar representations of either people or

situations in the films you have studied for this topic?
Situation people having to resort to crime Octavio & dog fighting and Ramiro
& armed robbery and Will and Smiley joining the gang for a better life
Situation People cheating and later regretting it Daniel leaving his family for
Valeria and Susanna cheating with Octavio and regretting it as she wont leave
with Octavio
Situation of dreaming for a better life Sayra wanting to get to America, Octavio
and his dreams of living with Susanna, Tenoch and his dream to study literature
Sayra succeeds (although without her family), the others fail.
Situation of being working/middle class Working class characters have less
opportunities, middle class characters have more opportunities (e.g. Daniel has a
nice lifestyle) but can still be constrained by class expectations Tenoch having
to do economics

How far is it possible to identify stylistic features of your chosen national cinema?
Refer in detail to the films you have studied for this topic.

What have you discovered by making a stylistic comparison of the films you have
studied for this topic?

With reference to image and sound, what are some of the ways in which film
makers have created a sense of a distinct national cinema in the films you have
studied for this topic?

By comparing the cinematic styles used in the films you have studied for this
topic, is it possible to identify a distinctive national cinema?
Such is the dominance of Hollywood that it is very difficult for film makers to
develop a national film style. How far is this true of the films you have studied
for this topic?

How far can it be said of the films you have studied for this topic that they could
not have been made anywhere else?

There is no such thing as a national cinema. There are just films that happen to
be made in a particular country. Discuss this statement in relation to films you
have studied for this topic.