python - Actions triggered by field change in Django

Question

How do I have actions occur when a field gets changed in one of my models? In this particular case, I have this model:

class Game(models.Model):
    STATE_CHOICES = (
        ('S', 'Setup'),
        ('A', 'Active'),
        ('P', 'Paused'),
        ('F', 'Finished')
        )
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    owner = models.ForeignKey(User)
    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    started = models.DateTimeField(null=True)
    state = models.CharField(max_length=1, choices=STATE_CHOICES, default='S')

and I would like to have Units created, and the 'started' field populated with the current datetime (among other things), when the state goes from Setup to Active.

I suspect that a model instance method is needed, but the docs don't seem to have much to say about using them in this manner.

Update: I've added the following to my Game class:

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Game, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.old_state = self.state

    def save(self, force_insert=False, force_update=False):
        if self.old_state == 'S' and self.state == 'A':
            self.started = datetime.datetime.now()
        super(Game, self).save(force_insert, force_update)
        self.old_state = self.state

Answer 1

It has been answered, but here's an example of using signals, post_init and post_save.

from django.db.models.signals import post_save, post_init

class MyModel(models.Model):
    state = models.IntegerField()
    previous_state = None

    @staticmethod
    def post_save(sender, **kwargs):
        instance = kwargs.get('instance')
        created = kwargs.get('created')
        if instance.previous_state != instance.state or created:
            do_something_with_state_change()

    @staticmethod
    def remember_state(sender, **kwargs):
        instance = kwargs.get('instance')
        instance.previous_state = instance.state

post_save.connect(MyModel.post_save, sender=MyModel)
post_init.connect(MyModel.remember_state, sender=MyModel)