Film analysis

Film analysis

1. Characteristics

   • A work of visual art to tell experiences

2. Film Contents

   • Title of film
     • Year of film was produced
       • Nationality
         • Actors´names
           • Actress´names
             • Director´s name

3. Genre of the film

   • Romantic
     • Historical
       • Detective
         • Thriller
           • Adventure
             • Horror
               • And science fiction
   • Sub grouping
     • Action
       • Comedy
         • Tragedy
           • War
             • Westerns

4. Setting of the film

   • A work of visual art to tell experiences

5. Plot and structure of the film

6. Conflict of the film

   • Conflict or tensión is usually the heart of the film and is related to the main characters.

7. Characterization of the characters

   • Are the characters described
     • Through dialogue?
     • By the way do they speak?
     • Physical appearance
     • Thoughts and feelings?
     • Interaction- the way they act towards other characters?

8. Narrator and point of view

   • The narrator is the person who is telling the story
     • Is there a narrator in the film? Who is?
     • Point of view means through whose eyes the story is being told.
     • Through whose eyes the story unfold?
     • Is the story told in the first person point of view

9. Imagery

   • Imagery are the elements used to créate pictures in our minds in films. They may include:
     • Symbol when something stands not only for itself( a literal meaning), but also stands for something else ( a figurative meaning).
     • The feather in the film Forrest Gump symbolized his Destiny
     • What image are used in the film?

10. Theme

    • What are the universal ideas that shine through in the film?
    • In other words What is the film about?

11. Cinematic effects

    • Sound track
      • Includes both dialogue and music, as well as all the others sounds in a film. Enhances the atmosphere of the film. • What effect does the choice of music have ? • Does it suit the theme? • Are any particular sound accentuated.?
    • Use of the camera
      • A camera shot is based on the camera´s distance from the object. 
    • Editing
      • Editing is the way in which a film editor together with the director cuts and assembles the scenes. The way the scenes are joined together creates the rhythm of the motion picture. Scenes can be long and drawn out or short and choppy.

12. Different types of film analysis

    • Semiotic analysis
      • Semiotic analysis is the interpretation of signs and symbols, typically involving metaphors and analogies to both inanimate objects and characters within a film. Because symbols have several meanings writers often need to determine what a particular symbol means in the film and in a broader cultural or historical context. 
    • Narrative analysis
      • Narrative analysis is an examination of the elements of the story . including narrative structures, character of the short film and plot. 
    • Cultural /historical analysis
      • One of the most common types of analysis is the examination of a film´s relationship to its broader cultural, historical, or theoretical contexts. 
    • Mise-en-scene analysis
      • Mise-en-scene analysis Attends to how the film makers have arranged compositional elements in a film and specifically within a scene or even a single plot.