This document provides definitions and examples of various film concepts including denotation versus connotation, stereotypes, iconography for different genres, narrative structures, and clip analysis. It defines key film terminology and gives illustrative examples for concepts like linear versus non-linear narrative, stereotypes for different groups, and expected iconography in westerns, sci-fi, and fantasy films. It also analyzes the costume, dialogue, props, lighting, camera work, and music in a film clip.

1. Theory- Meaning
Your Name

2. Snake
• Denotation
– Cold blooded, scaled, black
eyed, reptile.
• Connotation
-Evil, Corrupting,
Backstabber, untrustworthy

3. Flag
• Denotation
– Cloth, colourful, flapping,
waving.
• Connotation
-Powerful, representing,
patriotic.

4. Gun
• Denotation
– Metal, Black, Weapon,
Danger,
• Connotation
– Weapon of mass
destruction, mass genocide.

5. Denotation: counter terrorists, two men
with guns, dangerous, professionals, It
has an urban look.
Connotation: Dark, Death, Efficiency, tactical,
concentration.

6. Denotation: Man with sword, man sitting
on throne with sword, looking
depressed, dark room.
Connotation: Deceit, power, concentration,
regret, sombre.

7. Denotation: Ball in the sky, man and woman
and hill top with robots, giant black mask in
space, a load of space ships flying overhead.
Connotation:Futuristic, light vs Dark, heroic,
complicated, Hope against the darkness.

8. Soundtrack
• Clip 1, horror music, man
finds out about womans
secret past on computer,
woman is about to kill him
• Clip 2 family music, wife and
husband having a laugh
looking at pictures of their
past on the computer.

9. Shining
• They took out all scenes of horror and only
used ones that looked light hearted, along
with the happy go lucky music this made a
very jolly trailer come to life and it worked
extremely well.

10. Scary Mary
• Took all scenes that could be possibly scary
and put them together to make a decently
weird trailer, add the creepy music on top and
you have a horror trailer, it was very well done
and made me think it was a horror film

11. Stereotypes
Men
• Strong
• Emotionless
• Don’t cry
• Big
• Thick skull
Women
• Slim, Hourglass
• Annoying
• Cry
• Small
• Caring
• Comforting

12. Stereotypes
Upper Class
• Snobs
• Rich
• Posh accents
• Well behaved
• Think they’re
superior
Working Class
• Poor
• Usually down to
earth
• Council estates
• Depressed
• Rough
• Tough

13. Stereotypes
Old People
• Slow
• Tired
• Cranky
• Very nice
• Lovely
Young People
• Quick
• Energetic
• Grumpy
• Annoying
• Loud

14. Iconography- Western
• In a western I would expect to see cowboys
and possibly a group of them working to
defeat a group of bandits using rifles and
revolvers, you would see small towns with
saloons and lots of open fields.

15. Iconography- Sci-Fi
• In a Sci-Fi you would expect to see a story
about something set in space with futuristic
weapons and travel, massive space ship
battles with huge lasers, soldiers, good vs evil,
lots of special effects, hyper speed.

16. Iconography- Fantasy
• In a fantasy film I would see, a magical and
enchanting world full of weird and strange
creatures and people, the main character
would embark on a quest to journey across
the world to save the whole planet and its
inhabitants from certain doom.

17. Narrative
• Narrative Definition
– A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
• Linear Narrative Definition
– Linear narratives present stories in a logical manner by telling what happens from one point in
time to the next without using flashbacks or flash-forwards and then returning to the present.
• Linear Narrative Film Example
– Star Wars a new hope
• Non-Linear Narrative Definition
– Nonlinear narrative, disjointed narrative or disrupted narrative is a narrative technique,
sometimes used in literature, film, hypertext websites and other narratives, where events are
portrayed, for example out of chronological order, or in other ways where the narrative does
not follow the direct causality pattern of the events featured, such as parallel distinctive plot
lines, dream immersions or narrating another story inside the main plot-line. It is often used
to mimic the structure and recall of human memory, but has been applied for other reasons as
well.
• Non-Linear Narrative Film Example
– Pulp Fiction

18. Clip Analysis
• Costume: Evil person wears full black and good
people wear green brown
• Dialogue: Not much dialogue focused on fighting.
• Props: Ships, AT-Ats
• Lighting: Dark and grim.
• Camera Work: Focused on the heroes and villains
• Music: Imperial March.