This document discusses how to analyze images by examining elements like the type of shot, angle, use of black and white, mise-en-scene, connotations, and stories being told. It prompts the reader to analyze sample photos by identifying the shot/angle/mise-en-scene used and determining which image is most powerful based on these technical elements and the stories they convey. The document suggests images may be found in places that relate to the stories and contexts they depict.

1. ANALYSING IMAGES How do we read images?

2. What is happening in this photo? What type of shot is this? Why? What angle shot is this? Why? Why is it black and white? What is the story behind this photo?

3. MISE EN SCENE Everything in the frame helps tell a story Denotation = a castle Connotation =wealth, fantasy, fairy tale, royalty, extravagance What are the connotations of: The blue sky with wispy pink clouds? The red carpet? The crowd?

4. What is the story behind these photos? Who took these photos? Why? Where might you see them?

5. What is happening in these photos? Choose 1 to analyse (shot/angle/mise en scene) Which is the most powerful? Why?

6. Where do you think you might find these images?

7. Every Picture Tells a Story What stories are being told here and how?