Analysing Visual Images

Question 1

Framing

Answer 1

Inclusion and exclusion from the frame
Centre
Margins

Question 2

Shot type

Answer 2

Long
Mid
Close up

Question 3

Perspective

Answer 3

Foreground
Background

Question 4

Angles

Answer 4

High
Low
Eye level

Question 5

Lighting/Shadows

Answer 5

Bright
Dull
Man-made lighting
Natural lighting
Feature lighting

Question 6

Colour

Answer 6

Saturation, mood atmosphere

Question 7

Juxtaposition

Answer 7

What items placed where to convey what message, do they encourage something

Question 8

Body language

Answer 8

Gesture
Posture/pose
Head angle and direction (extra digetic and intradigetic gaze)
Eyelines

Question 9

Objects and Costuming

Answer 9

symbolic significance of objects in a picture

Question 10

Headings and Subheadings

Answer 10

symbolic significance of objects in a picture

Question 11

Logos and labels

Answer 11

how do logos provide authority, significance

Question 12

Font size and type

Answer 12

how does the font size imply importance, how does font convey time and place, mood, or indicate a preferred approach to text

Question 13

Placement of writing

Answer 13

on margin, centre, top, bottom, how does it guide the viewers focus to focus on diff elements