Textual analysis

Textual analysis is the process of breaking down a text into its various elements and studying them to analyse how meaning is created. when analysing moving image media (such as film or television) er must examine the following areas:

• Camera work (shots, angles, movements)
• Editing (hows shots have been put together)
• Sound (both digetic and non-digetic)
• Special effects (if there are any)
• Mise-en-scene (costume, make-up, facial expression, props, setting, performance and lighting)

XLS: Extra long shot/wide shot/establishing shot

LS: Long shot

MLS: Medium long shot

MS: Mid shot

MCU: Medium close up

BCU: Big close up

ECU: Extreme close up

P.O.V. Shot: Camera shoots from a characters P.O.V.(Point of view)

Over-the-shoulder shot: Camerashoots over a character's shoulder.

Low: Camera looking up at subject, making it look bigger.

Eye-level: Camera is pointed directly at subject.

High: Camera is looking down on subject, making it look smaller.

Worm's eye: Extreme low angle, camera is very low, looking up.

Canted: Camera is tilted to make subject look slanted.

Bird's eye: Extreme high angle, looking straight down.