VISUAL SOURCES
Some examples:
ART AND PHOTOGRAPHS
ADVERTISING AND PROPAGANDA
FILMS
TELEVISION PROGRAMMES
SESSION MATERIALS
After the taught session on Visual Analysis, you'll be able to find session materials on Moodle. There's also a brief overview video here: Visual Analysis
VISUAL ANALYSIS
Watch the clip all the way through, or consider the image carefully.
What aspects are used? You might want to think about techniques or features such as: colour, shots, costume, music, narrative structure, mise-en-scène, the integration of text, etc. Note – make sure that you use the right terminology (see: this NYFA glossary and this MOMA glossary).
Do you have any additional contextual details to consider? E.g., consider when the film or image was produced, its genre, etc.
Think about WHY these aspects may have been used – how can you interpret the film clip/image? What do you think the intention of the piece was and how have the features you have identified been used to achieve this?
Narrow down your ideas and consider how they might fit together to form an argument/ interpretation.
EXTRA RESOURCES
How to analyse a print advertisement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4ROoMKMij0
Analysing visual texts: https://www.philpoteducation.com/mod/book/view.php?id=222&chapterid=225#/
Film analysis: https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/film-analysis/
Glossary of film terms: https://community.dur.ac.uk/m.p.thompson/filmterms.htm
Scene analysis, an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zogJ6isyK1k