Textual Analysis and Representation

The 7 areas of Representation:

• Gender

• Age

• Ethnicity

• Sexuality

• Class and status

• Physical ability/disability

• Regional identity

The 4 areas of texual analysis:

• Camera shots, angles, movement, composition

         - Shots: establishing shot, master shot, close up, mid-shot, long shot, wide show, 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-scene

         - Production design: location, studio, set design, costume and makeup, properties.

         - Lighting: colour design