This document provides an overview of key concepts for film analysis, including mise-en-scene elements like costumes, lighting, setting, and performance; cinematography techniques such as shots, angles, and camera movement; sound aspects like diegetic and non-diegetic sound; and editing techniques like pacing, transitions, and shot composition. It also instructs the reader to watch a film clip multiple times, highlights the importance of case studies, and provides guidance on self-assessment.

1. EXAM QUESTIONS

2. EXAMPLE

3. MISE EN SCENE
Costume, make up, hair
Lighting - high key, low key, interior,
exterior, artificial, back lighting
Setting and Props
Performance (body language, facial
expressions)
Space (Placement within the scene)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Close up, extreme close up/long
shot, medium shot, medium two
shot, medium long shot, long shot,
wide shot, establishing shot, POV,
high/low/canted angle, over the
shoulder, deep shot, tracking,
panning, zooming, tilting, craning
SOUND
Non-diegetic/diegetic, ambient,
instrumental, soundtrack, tone,
tempo, dialogue, sound effects,
foley studio (enhanced sounds),
parallel and contrapuntal,
EDITING
Fast/slow pace, long/short takes,
fade, dissolve, cut, transition,
180 degree rule, shot/reverse
shot, montage/continuity editing,
match on action, eyeline-match,
cross cutting/parallel editing

4. WATCH THE CLIP X4
HORIZON: Is Alcohol Worse than Ecstasy
Although we won’t look at 2C yet - Q2C will feature in your Mock
exam so make sure you have case studies ready for this.

5. SELF
ASSESSMENT

6. HIGHLIGHT
In one colour – key media terminology
In another colour – explanations of connotations
In a third colour – description rather than analysis

7. POSSIBLE POINTS

8. POSSIBLE POINTS

9. U
E
D

10. C
B
A