Semiotics:
Describing what the image contains in the frame. Keeps the interpretation of the picture separate from the description of the content


Denotation and Connotation:

Denotation:
describing what is in the image. e.g. horse, cart, man, fire, colours, framed, shots

Connotation:
Interpretation you put on the picture or which is suggested by the picture. e.g. love, conflict