Textual Analysis:

Textual analysis has 4 main parts to it, and these are:

• Camerawork
• Sound design
• Mise-en-scene
• Editing

A lot of terminology is involved with media and these are the type of things I will need to know for my textual analysis exam.

Camerawork:

Focal Length:With focal lengths you have 3 main areas. The focus pull which focus’ on something in the foreground and then goes to the background, which therefore the audience noticed the change as it is like a human eye. Then you have a deep focus, which is a focus on more then one thing at a time in order to manipulate the audience. The last is a shallow focus, which had only one thing in focus at a time.

Camera angles: There are low and high angle shots to possibly show dominance within the scene. There are birds eye shots so the look from above the characters, also the eye level shot which is of course at eye level with a character.

Camera movements: First is dolly, which is a track on the floor when the camera can move along and then you can get the same shot every time you do it. It’s also more smooth and you can control the movement. Handheld, where the shot can not be recreated and it can be incredibly shaky, however it is versatile. Third is zoom and tied in with that is pan. Pan is where you can swivel the camera from left to right. Steadicam is when the person with the camera has it attached to them on a harness and the weight is counteracted by a weight on their back. The last is the crane shot, shot on a crane of course.

Camera shots:Camera shots have the over the shoulder shot Framing is tied with the rule of thirds, it is supposed to make the shot more realistic to it’s audience. The last is distance shots: where you have a close up, extreme close up, long shot, extreme long shot and mid shot.

Sound design:

Diegetic:this is sound that purports to originate in the world of film, so not only can the audience hear it, the characters can too.

Non-diegetic:this is sound added in post production in order to manipulate the audience and the characters can not hear it.
Along with this you have 2 types of score (soundtrack):
i) composed score- which is made for the movie which fits with the images or it is given to the composer for inspiration.
ii) compiled score- which is pre existing music.

Mis-en-scene:

Lighting: Is in reference too how much light is in the scene and the overall mood of the scene.

Colour: Is in reference to the colour of props, costumes and background within the scene.

Setting: Obviously the place at which the place is set. Sometimes it is easier for companies to film in places that already exist as it is cheaper. It also refers to props used and decoration of the set.

Actors: This is associated with the characters gestures, if they’re blocking someone else, their dialogue and how the character is stood and dressed.

Editing:

Montage:this is a series of thematically linked clips put to music which compresses time an it is used to establish time and place.

Juxtaposition:2 contrasting shots to highlight difference.

Post production:visual/ special effects, filters and colour correction.

Transitions:wipe, dissolve, fade- fade in or out.

Pace: the speed at which shots occur.

Narrative editing:This is split into three parts:
i) contiguity editing: this is where two events are happening at one him but the shots are going back and forth between the two.
ii) continuity editing: this is a sequence of shots in the order in which they happen, to show the order of events.
iii) temporal editing: editing techniques to show time passing or how fast time passed. Therefore speed up or slow down (time lapse).