AS MEDIA STUDIES G322 Section A

Representation-

Textual Analysis and

TV Drama

An intro to Camerawork
An analysis of the use of camerawork is vital when analysing a Media text and
identifying how different groups of people or events are represented in the
Media and meanings attached to these groups.
An analysis of camerawork can be divided up into 4 aspects:
1. Shot types or distance
2. Camera angles
3. Camera movement
4. Framing
Each shot type, angle, movement or frame used in any text, will be chosen to
offer a specific message or meaning for the audience to consume.
We are going to watch some short tutorials that give us an example of what
each shot looks like, why it might be used and the effect that this is intended to
have on the audience.
As you watch the short videos, make notes in the relevant columns in the grid
below:
Name of
camerawork

Denotation
What is in it / what
does it look like?

Basic Shot Types

Establishing
shot
Long shot
Mid-shot
2 shot
Close Up
Point of View

Connotation
Why is it used
by the director
(what meanings
does it offer)

What is the
effect it has on
the audience?

Extreme Close
up
Name of
camerawork

Denotation
What is in it / what
does it look like?

Camera Angles
Over the
Shoulder
High Angle
Low Angle
Worms eye
view
Birds eye
view
Ariel shot
Camera Movement
Tracking In
Tracking Out
Sideways
track / crab
Tilt
Zoom
Arc
Crane Shot

Connotation
Why is it used
by the director
(what meanings
does it offer)

What is the
effect it has on
the audience?

Panning shot
Name of
camerawork

Framing
Rule of 3rds
Depth of
frame
Shallow focus
Pull focus

Denotation
What is in it / what
does it look like?

Connotation
Why is it used
by the director
(what meanings
does it offer)

What is the
effect it has on
the audience?