HOW TO READ A FRAME WORKSHEET

 

Discursive (Formal) Parameters:

Film Stock? (grain? contrast? b & w? color?)

Film Gauge? (Academy or Wide Screen?)

Lighting? (High Key? Low Key? "Romantic"? Shadows? Highlights?)

Focus? (Deep? Selective? Soft? Sharp?)

Composition? (Foreground/Background, Figures, Number of Characters)

Closed/Open Frame, Dense/Simple Image?

Viewpoints (Distance? Angle?)

Eyelines?

Character Expressions, Body Language?

Character Costumes?

Decor?

 

Diegetic (Content) Parameters

Action? (What's happening?)

Tension/Conflict?

Symbols? (Religious, Cultural, Genre, Auteurist)

Themes? (e.g., young vs. old, rich vs. poor)

 

Overall Comments (From Denotation to Connotation)

 

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