Tuesday 15 September 2015

Textual anlysis styles and areas of representation

The 4 areas of textual analysis

These are the 4 things you use to analyse the clip and answer the exam question.  These 4 things will all help to construct the representation of the individual/group (the 7 areas of representation).  It is your job to discuss how.

Camera Shots, Angle, Movement, Composition.

  • Shots: establishing shot, master shot, close-up, mid-shot, long shot, wide shot, two-shot, aerial shot, point of view shot, over the shoulder shot, and variations of these.
  • Angle: high angle, low angle, canted angle.
  • Movement: pan, tilt, track, dolly, crane, steadicam, hand-held, zoom, reverse zoom.
  • Composition: framing, rule of thirds, depth of field – deep and shallow focus, focus pulls.




Editing

Includes transition of image and sound – continuity and non-continuity systems.


  • Cutting: shot/reverse shot, eyeline match, graphic match, action match, jump cut, crosscutting, parallel editing, cutaway; insert.
  • Other transitions, dissolve, fade-in, fade-out, wipe, superimposition, long take, short take, slow motion, ellipsis and expansion of time, post-production, visual effects.


Sound

  • Soundtrack: score, incidental music, themes and stings, ambient sound.
  • Diegetic and non-diegetic sound; synchronous/asynchronous sound; sound effects; sound motif, sound bridge, dialogue, voiceover, mode of address/direct address, sound mixing, sound perspective.


Mise-en-Scène

  • Production design: location, studio, set design, costume and make-up, properties.
  • Lighting; colour design
7 areas of representation


You need to understand how specific representations of individuals, groups, events or places are created.

Particular areas of representation that may be chosen are:


  1. Gender
  2. Age
  3. Ethnicity
  4. Sexuality
  5. Class and status
  6. Physical ability/disability
  7. Regional identity.

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