Trace the light
Identify strong light and dark areas and the shapes they create. Ask how they organise attention and whether the arrangement changes during the scene.
Watch the frame edges
Note entrances, exits, and spaces a character looks toward. What remains outside the image can influence expectation as strongly as what is shown.
Listen across cuts
Follow a sound from one shot into the next. Compare its continuity with changes of viewpoint, separating what the sound establishes from what the image leaves uncertain.