This document provides instructions for analyzing a TV drama clip in 3 sections: 1. Analyze characters based on gender, age, ethnicity, sexuality, class, ability, and regional identity. 2. Examine camera shots, angles, movement, and composition as well as editing, sound, and mise-en-scene. 3. Define key camera shots and angles, editing techniques, sound elements, and aspects of mise-en-scene to consider in the analysis such as location, set design, costumes, lighting, and properties.

1. How to analyze a Tv drama.
Sophie Bennett.

2. Section A.
For section one you will be asked to watch 4-5 minute clip of a Tv drama.
Then you will need to complete a textual analysis for the the following below:
- Gender
- Age
- Ethnicity
- Sexuality
- Class and status
- Physical ability/disability
- Regional identity
After this you will use the following areas:
• Camera shots, angles, movement and composition
• Editing
• Sound
• Mise-en-scene

3. Camera shots, angle, movement and
composition.
Shots.
• Establishing shot: shows where the scene will be set.
• Master shot: shows the limit of the action.
• Close up: concentrates on one character, makes the reader learn more about this specific character.
• Extreme close up: shows a important moment that all the other shots have been leading you to.
• Long shot: shows the whole character or characters from head to toe. Also used to show the
scenery/background.
• Shot reverse shot: used to keep the conversation flowing, goes from one character to another to see
their reaction.
• Pan shot: The camera moved from left to right/right to left.
• Tilt shot: when the camera moved vertically along an object or a person.

4. Camera shots, angles, movement and
composition.
Angles.
• high angle: when the camera is looking down.
• Low angle: when the camera is looking up.
• Canted angle: when the camera’s not square, its on a angle.

5. Editing.
Examples of editing.
Includes transition of image and sound – continuity and non-continuity.
Cutting:
• shot/reverse shot,
• eye line match,
• graphic match,
• action match,
• jump cut, crosscutting,
• parallel editing,
• cutaway; insert.
Transitions:
• dissolve,
• fade-in, fade-out,
• wipe,
• superimposition,
• long take, short take,
• slow motion,
• ellipsis and expansion of time.

6. Sounds.
Sounds used in a clip.
• Diegetic and non-diegetic sound
• synchronous/asynchronous sound,
• sound effects,
• sound motif,
• sound bridge,
• dialogue,
• voiceover,
• mode of address/direct address,
• sound mixing,
• sound perspective.

7. Mise-en scene.
What we can tell/learn from the clip.
Production design:
• location,
• studio,
• set design,
• costume and make-up,
• properties.
Lighting:
• colour design.