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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