Film Analysis Matrix

(Joseph N. Tatarewicz, HIST 495/717 Spring 2000

after O’Connor, pp. 57-65; Monaco, Chapters II-III.)

 

Sequence

Scene

BEG

(TRT)

(mm:ss

end

(TRT)

(mm:ss)

 

 

Shot Description

 

Shot Elements:

Mise en scene

  • Setting
  • Props
  • Costumes
  • Characters
  • Action

Shot Elements:

Photographic

Duration

Lighting

Color

Field Size

Composition

Camera Angle

Camera Movement

Focus

Lens

Film Stock

Speed

Sound OR SPECIAL Effects

(FX OR SFX)

Music

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EDIT

EDIT TYPE

  • Cut
  • Fade in/out
  • Dissolve
  • Wipe

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NOTES ON USE:

 

This film analysis matrix may be used to break down and analyze in detail certain aspects of a film or video.  Clearly, completely characterizing all aspects of even a few minutes of film or video would produce a very large document.  In the critical literature on film and video and in reviews you will find authors being extremely selective in choosing details on which to comment, and weaving information into a readable and informative narrative.  No script, even the detailed shooting script, completely captures all these details.  Many are decided on the spot during shooting or in editing and post-production, and are part of the craft and art of the various specialists.