Editing in TV Drama

The four pillars of textual analysis.

The four areas which you need to understand to complete a textual analysis of a sequence from TV or Film, collectively called ‘micro features’, are:

  • Camera
  • Mise-en-Scene
  • Editing
  • Sound

You are also going to making a music video soon and editing is an important skill to learn to communicate meaning and help construct a sense of time, place and story:

Slideshow on Editing:

Practice Sequence

Identify and analyse the editing techniques in this sequence:

template for completion is attached here or in classroom.

Glossary of Editing Terms

Here is a handout on editing terms and definitions.

Lesson 2 – Essay MES, CAMERA and EDITING

Using the template in classroom, you will watch the sequence a couple of times and look for how camera and MES are also used to make meaning. You will then submit @ 2 TEAS for each MF (so 6 TEAS in total) before the submission date published.

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