Angles, Focus and Movement

Angles

Eye level
Low angle
High angle
Dutch tilt
Bird's eye
Worm's eye

Focus

Deep focus
Selective focus
Pull/rack focus

Movement

Steddi cam
Arc
Pedestal up/down
Pan
Tracking/crab/truck
Tilt
Dolly in and out
Crane
Handheld
Zoom lens

Shots

Shots

Reaction shot

Two shot

Arc shot 

Point of view shot

Extreme wide shot/ establishing shot

very wide shot

Insert shot

Wide shot

over the shoulder shot

Aerial shot

Mid shot

Weather shot 

Dutch tilt

Medium close up

Extreme close up

Big close up

Sherlock Still Analysis

Sherlock Still

Mise en scene:  Costume - all characters are wearing black coats, this implies the darkness of the scene.  Sherlock is bringing a hard subject to the forefront which is proving difficult.
Could suggest dark subjects
Darker facade
Suggest danger?

Lighting - Low key lighting
Ambient lighting in faces
Mirror the uncertainty of their future together

Location - cafe, suggests a simplistic way of living.

props - Lamp - Gives a ambient look for the characters
Typical cafe props - table, chairs, table cloth, sauce container.
Location, small, quiet, brings closer together
Familiar location

Performance - Sherlock's hands are together in a pose that mimics prayer, this could signify that Sherlock os asking John for forgiveness by explaining why he faked his death
Mary looks worried for John.

What Exam Entails

Section A

Camera Angle, Shots, Movement and Composition.
Mise-En-Scene
Editing
Sound

Semiotics

Soussure - English Language
Signifier + Signified = Sign.
Words/Speech + Mental Concept = brings it all together

Barthes

Denotation + Connotation = Sign (denotation is what is literally there, Connotation is what it means  and Sign is the interpretation.

Key words

Signifies, Signified, Portrays

Section B

Institutions and Audiences

Hollywood and British films
Production
Distribution
Own Experiences

Analysis of Revenge Ending Scene Finale

Mid shots are taken most of the way through this clip and it is all done in slow motion.  This adds tension to the scene because it is the suspense of the women's get away and do they really get away.  Also, there is selective focus used, showing that the woman in the background isn't important in this scene and that your concentration should be focused on the woman in the foreground, Lydia, signifying that it is her that is trying to get away.  

There is a mid shot of a man standing next to the plane with a concerned and nervous facia expression.  This may signify that her knows something that they two women don't, creating a sense of tension in this scene.



We see Victoria standing at the bottom of the steps leading up to the plane.  We get a shot of her looking up at the camera at the top of the steps (high angle shot), this suggests her escape and get away.  This also makes us feel hope for her.



We get a low angle shot of a man next to the plane's wheel, showing that he has significance in this scene and that he will be important as the scene progresses.  This makes us feel on edge because we don't see all of the man's face so we can't work out who it is and what is his per pose in the scene.



As the scene progresses, the man takes of his hat to reveal that he is the white haired man that Victoria is trying to get away from.  We suddenly feel dread for Victoria and Lydia because he has killed people in the past and this could be the same fate for them.  This heightens the tension in the scene.






We get a mid shot of Conrad, Victoria's husband, standing in front of the fire.  He throws a photo of his wife and Lydia on to it.  This creates a sense of forboding because this could be the same fate, them going up in flames.  This shows that he has planned their execution and has hired the white haired man to do it for him.