This document discusses various film analysis concepts including denotation vs connotation, iconography in different genres, linear vs nonlinear narratives, and analyzing film clips. It provides examples of denotation and connotation for objects like flags and guns. It outlines common iconography found in western, sci-fi, and fantasy genres. It defines linear and nonlinear narratives and provides film examples of each. Finally, it analyzes a Star Wars clip focusing on costume, dialogue, props, lighting, camerawork, editing, music, and color.

1. Meaning
Theory
Kieran chesher

2. Snake
• Denotation: what
something is.
• Connotation: what
something can represent.

3. Flag• Denotation
A pole and a piece of cloth
with colours on waving in the
sky
• Connotation
• Unites
people,unity,celebration.

4. Gun
• Denotation a firearm that can
kill someone.used for
protection and for safety
• Connotation
danger,powerful,dark,deadly

5. Poster Analysis 1
Calming
blue-
sky.
Happy,
cheerful
trying to
entertain the
opposite
person.
Confused,
worried
,bewildered.
Exotic
colors like
jamacan
romance
Natural,
Warning
color but
happy

6. Poster Analysis 2
Happy, confident
Self
centered, the
best.
confused
Happy,exite
d.
the boss,
confident,
comedic,
calming
Main
character
as hes the
largest in
the pictureBrown
natural
color
Pure,traditi
onal,

7. Poster Analysis 3
Dark,evil,bad,conserning
Blood,royal,dan
ger,violence,pas
sion,harm.
Dark,shadowe
d,hiding,myster
y.
Black and
white and
looks quite
dirty.

8. Soundtrack
• Clip 1: quite dramatic and
action filled, solving
investigatin,deadline.
• Clip 2: love interest at
work, they are bonding
over common intrestes.

9. Shining
• The editor has used cheerfully music to make
it less scary for the audience.
• Clips of them as a happy family, the narrator
makes it sound positive as he adopting this kid
and show them happy together with his new
adopted child.

10. Scary Mary
• The editor has use intense music to make it it
scary and disturbing.
• The editor has also made Mary Poppins look a
ghostly figure dressed in dark and moving
quite paranormaly.

11. Stereotypes
Men
• Only men like
football.
• Male sport is better
than female.
• Men bring in more
money than women
Women
• Women are always
cleaning and ironing.
• Women always
looking after children
• Women are always
fussy

12. StereotypesUpper Class
• Rich, stuck up, self
centred.
• Don’t care about the
poor.
• They have been spoon
fed the money through
there parents.
Working Class
• Haven't been as lucky
as the upper class.
• They haven’t tried
hard enough to do
well
• The working class are
lazy.

13. StereotypesOld People
• Are wiser and no more
about the world than
younger people.
• Older women were skirts
instead of trousers.
• Older people don’t wear
trainers.
Young People
• Younger people haven’t
been around long enough to
know how anything works.
• Younger people are better
with technology
• Younger people are more
UpToDate with modern
trends.

14. Iconography- Western• Dusty
• Cowboys
• Shoot out
• Tumble weed
• Cacti
• Train tracks
• Horses
• Saloons
• Wanted criminal
• Desert

15. Iconography- Sci-Fi
• Aliens
• Spaceship
• Laser guns
• Robots
• Super powers
• Futuristic

16. Iconography- Fantasy
• Mythical creatures
• Talking bears
• Lego movie
• Lord of the rigs
• Harry potter

17. Narrative
• Narrative Definition
– Story line
• Linear Narrative Definition
– Story line goes in order
• Linear Narrative Film Example
– 24 tv show
– Polar express

18. Narrative
• Non-Linear Narrative Definition
– TimeLine out of order
• Non-Linear Narrative Film Example
– deadpool

19. Clip Analysis
• The costume and characters are sci-fi as they look like aliens because they have
different colour skin and have lightsabres which are futuristic weapons. Also darth
vader can move objects with his hand showing he has some super power as he lifts a
big metal object. It also has futuristic spaceships and the way they are dressed so they
are from the future.
• Costume darth fader is dressed in black which symbolises he the villain where the other
are dressed in yellow and brown and natural to show they are down to earth.
• Dialogue darth Vader has a deep voice and has intense breathing which is intimidating
• Props they use lightsabre with look like futuristic weapons
• Lighting it is dark lighting as an intense battle is about to occur.
• Camerawork low camera shots of the villain and close up him beating the good guys
• Editing fast –pace movement with creates more drama
• Music intense battle music with creates tension of who going to win.
• Colour blue is used to show it’s a cold it a cold atmosphere as they are in space.