How do you analyse a technique? (1 Viewer)

[hsceebsman]

Suppose you know a myriad of techniques..how do you analyse them? i'm having trouble with this bit all the time..I'm not sure what to do...

eg

"Discoveries can be confronting. This is shown through the close up shot of McDick's face. The close up shot ___ "

It makes no sense to me!! please help

 

[snowflakeptical]

you kinda make it up but including back-up (technique+effect)
e.g. "the close-up shot emphasises the man's disbelief, reiterating that discoveries can be confronting to individuals as it challenges their strongly held beliefs"

something like that

 

[Absolutezero]

Basically analysing a technique is how you go from scene to meaning.

So you take a scene or line from a book. And you ask, "what is being conveyed". Once you can see what is being conveyed, you need to work out how that is being conveyed. That way the author does it is the technique. The way the technique does it is how you analyse the technique.

So, e.g.

A shot of a man crying.

The technique being used could be a close-up. The way the close-up works is it draws our attention to the man and the emotions he is feeling.

If it was a long shot, we wouldn't feel as connected to him, because we get less insight and detail. If the camera was zooming all around, we wouldn't feel his emotional state as strongly because we lose focus. So it's definitely the close-up that helps us feel what we feel.

 

[Martin_SSEDU]

Basically analysing a technique is how you go from scene to meaning.

So you take a scene or line from a book. And you ask, "what is being conveyed". Once you can see what is being conveyed, you need to work out how that is being conveyed. That way the author does it is the technique. The way the technique does it is how you analyse the technique.

So, e.g.

A shot of a man crying.

The technique being used could be a close-up. The way the close-up works is it draws our attention to the man and the emotions he is feeling.

If it was a long shot, we wouldn't feel as connected to him, because we get less insight and detail. If the camera was zooming all around, we wouldn't feel his emotional state as strongly because we lose focus. So it's definitely the close-up that helps us feel what we feel.

This is on point, just remember at the same time when your discussing techniques keep it to one-two sentences when your trying to analyse it and don't have too many. In a response sentence you should be seeing yourself talking about a quote, 1 technique and a clear explanation of how that technique works inside the quote to further whatever point your trying to make.