7 Areas of Representation and 4 Areas of Textual Analysis

7 areas of representation and 4 areas of textual analysis

 7 areas of representation

•Gender

•Age

•Ethnicity

•Sexuality

•Class and status

•Physical ability/disability

•Regional identity

4 areas of textual analysis

Camera shots, angle, 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 should 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 makeup, properties.

•Lighting: colour design.