The Crown is a Costume period Drama set in England in the 1950's, following Queen Elizabeth II through her early years as Queen. In this still, we see Queen Elizabeth II standing in the centre and looking at something out of the frame. She is taking up the entire middle third with her face and costume. This helps to portray her as the most important and powerful character in the frame and allows the audience to clearly see her costume; enabling them to identify the genre of the TV Drama as well as enforcing her role and dominance on-screen.
A warm, yellow light shines mostly in the middle third, leaving the rest of the frame in comparative darkness. This juxtaposition shows her importance and authority over the other characters in the frame and also highlights her costume and facial features. Elizabeth's costume is a very light colour and is very extravagant with lots of different textures. This juxtaposes with the other costumes in frame - which are all darker colours and plainer; with fewer accessories and textures.
Prince Phillip is standing behind Elizabeth and is less prominent within the frame, yet still dominates the right-hand third of the still. This elevates him above the commoners grouped in the left-hand third. He is also looking at something outside the frame and is the second most prominent character in the frame - showing his role as a helper rather than a protagonist.
A warm, yellow light shines mostly in the middle third, leaving the rest of the frame in comparative darkness. This juxtaposition shows her importance and authority over the other characters in the frame and also highlights her costume and facial features. Elizabeth's costume is a very light colour and is very extravagant with lots of different textures. This juxtaposes with the other costumes in frame - which are all darker colours and plainer; with fewer accessories and textures.
Prince Phillip is standing behind Elizabeth and is less prominent within the frame, yet still dominates the right-hand third of the still. This elevates him above the commoners grouped in the left-hand third. He is also looking at something outside the frame and is the second most prominent character in the frame - showing his role as a helper rather than a protagonist.
This is a very good first analysis, showing very good understanding of genre and denotation/connotation. You have included a wide range of relevant examples supporting your analysis with very good technical detail. Well done. EBI: your discussion of the narrative moment could have included that this was possibly a happy time for the young royal and she seems to be enjoying the glamour of her lifestyle.
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