The four areas which you need to understand to complete a textual analysis of a sequence from TV or Film are:

Collectively called ‘micro features’ and 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 represent narrative and characters.

Here is a handout on editing terms and definitions.

Slideshow on Editing:

Practice Sequence

Identify and analyse the editing techniques in this sequence.

A template for completion is attached here (Mr Gregson’s make a copy) or is in classroom (Mrs Cobb).