TEXTUAL ANALYSIS: THE POST

Today we analyse representations in the trailer for The Post which you will continue for PREP

• gender  especially in relation to power
• age
• a period in history
• the newspaper industry
• government power

PREP is to take either of these extracts and write roughly a page analysing aspects of how the following create representations of people, places and issues through

• mise-en-scène
• camerawork
• sound
• editing

I suggest that you deal with all these elements as you tackle each scene.

Use the T, E, EAA approach: terminology, example, explain / analyse / argue

How do these representations compare with those in Can You Ever Forgive Me? 

• gender
• middle age
• the world of literature
• wealth and poverty