Method
The films were analyzed using following techniques;
Visual Framing
Rodriguez and Dimitrova’s four-tiered framework for frame identification and analysis of a frame depicting Khans was used. The frames were analysed at four different levels for analysing four different themes in the frames as mentioned below;
Level 1: Visuals as denotative systems
Level 2: Visuals as stylistic-semiotic systems
Level 3: Visuals as connotative systems
Level 4: Visuals as ideological representations
Through the help of Visual Framing method, various aforementioned themes in the films were studied. Further, narrative analysis method was also used to deconstruct the portrayal of Khans in the films as whole.