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Box of Delights: Quite Unfit for Females (1921)
 
Focus Questions

These questions can be used to focus students' thinking while watching the film and/or to develop their understanding of film language.

STORY

  • What is the story in Quite Unfit For Females?
  • Is this a 'news' story? What other types of story can you think of?
  • What is the tone of the film - do we side with the women footballers?
  • How is the story told without sound?
  • Try to change the inter-titles (the text) to make

CHARACTER

  • Do you get a sense of what any of the women are like?
  • What do you learn about the women in the film from their appearance, actions and facial expressions?

CATEGORY

  • What kind of film is Quite Unfit For Females?

SETTING

  • Where does this film take place?
  • If you were to make the film slightly longer, what other settings might you include?