Film Analysis
Formal Elements of Film Analysis
Narrative Film The Essentials of Film Analysis
Imagetrack
Getting Started: Scenes vs. Sequences
(1) Camera Distance
the establishing shot
extreme long shot
long shot
medium long shot
full shot
medium close shot
close shot
close-up
extreme close-up
(2) Camera Angle extreme low angle low angle normal camera height high angle bird’s eye view Dutch angles
(3) Editing Cut, fade out/in, dissolve and wipe
(4) Camera Movement pan (swish pan) tilt tracking shot crane shot
(5) Zoom, hand-held camera, Steadicam and static camera
(6) Lens Type wide angle
(7) Lighting
low and high key
(8) Deep focus
(9) Two diametrically opposed editing principles: Montage vs. the Long Take
(10) Parallel Editing / Cross cutting
(11) Time: Flash-forwards and Flashbacks
(12) Colour-coding (13) Tying everything up: Mise en scène—An image’s setting, subjects and composition. (14) DV = Digital video