3) Cutting Edge: My New Brain (9pm, Channel 4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d7PK49BdME&list=SL&has_verified=1
(Title of Doc)
Type of Documentary:
Mixed
Themes:
Biological disorders
Health and Functioning
Youth of today
Narrative Structure:
Linear
Closed Narrative
Single Strand Narrative
Camerawork:
CU of Simon -> ECU of photos
DOF -> background out of focus
Tracking of Simon
2 shot
Handheld camera around supermarket
OTS of signs, DOF
ECU of eyes + him in bed
Interview -> conventional - to the left, eyeline 3rd way down, postioning, Midshot
Interview of Dr -> MCU
(Medium Close Up)
Zoom out from fade to black from wall
Before the mention of accident, friends are interviewed in MCU, talking about the accident changes to CU -> focuses on their expressions
(Talking pre-accident)
(Talking post-accident)
Establish shot, hospital -> CU of activity board
High angle of him doing teeth
ECU of model brain
Wide shot of railings, then zooms to ECU of spike and green bin, then the wall/drop
(The spike on the railing)
POV watching horse race -> long shot Simon walks away
Stockfootage -> bridges, cars, Newcastle
2 shot brother and him
Mise-en-scene:
Natural background , hospital (rehibilitation ward)
Natural Lighting -> ambient
Interview outside -> dark -> artificial light on Simon's face
Sound:
String music -> interesting, upbeat as tracking shot moves -> adventure?
Voiceover -> male, yougish (Zac Beattie), Standard English, calm and clear, sound concerned and emotional
SFX sound when fades to black
SFX -> heartmoniter, oxygen pump
The beginning music is repeated at the end -> connotes starting a new adventure?
Editing:
Cross cut
Overlap interview audio with images and video footage
Cut from photos to interviewees
Fade to black
Cross cut between sad music and interview of friends to fast motion clips of dance music and party pictures. This is juxtaposition
Archive Material:
Simon's Brain Scan
(Scan)
Photographs of family
Video footage
Graphics:
Title -> My New Brain -> Plain, white, to the point
Credits -> Left, white, simple font
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4) Small Teen, Big World (9pm, BBC 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEqHiVvL6PI (Clip)
Type of Documentary:
Self- reflective
Themes:
Disability
Acceptance in society
Individuality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d7PK49BdME&list=SL&has_verified=1
(Title of Doc)Type of Documentary:
Mixed
Themes:
Biological disorders
Health and Functioning
Youth of today
Narrative Structure:
Linear
Closed Narrative
Single Strand Narrative
Camerawork:
CU of Simon -> ECU of photos
DOF -> background out of focus
Tracking of Simon
2 shot
Handheld camera around supermarket
OTS of signs, DOF
ECU of eyes + him in bed
Interview -> conventional - to the left, eyeline 3rd way down, postioning, Midshot
Interview of Dr -> MCU
(Medium Close Up)Zoom out from fade to black from wall
Before the mention of accident, friends are interviewed in MCU, talking about the accident changes to CU -> focuses on their expressions
(Talking pre-accident)
(Talking post-accident)Establish shot, hospital -> CU of activity board
High angle of him doing teeth
ECU of model brain
Wide shot of railings, then zooms to ECU of spike and green bin, then the wall/drop
(The spike on the railing)POV watching horse race -> long shot Simon walks away
Stockfootage -> bridges, cars, Newcastle
2 shot brother and him
Mise-en-scene:
Natural background , hospital (rehibilitation ward)
Natural Lighting -> ambient
Interview outside -> dark -> artificial light on Simon's face
Sound:
String music -> interesting, upbeat as tracking shot moves -> adventure?
Voiceover -> male, yougish (Zac Beattie), Standard English, calm and clear, sound concerned and emotional
SFX sound when fades to black
SFX -> heartmoniter, oxygen pump
The beginning music is repeated at the end -> connotes starting a new adventure?
Editing:
Cross cut
Overlap interview audio with images and video footage
Cut from photos to interviewees
Fade to black
Cross cut between sad music and interview of friends to fast motion clips of dance music and party pictures. This is juxtaposition
Archive Material:
Simon's Brain Scan
(Scan)Photographs of family
Video footage
Graphics:
Title -> My New Brain -> Plain, white, to the point
Credits -> Left, white, simple font
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4) Small Teen, Big World (9pm, BBC 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEqHiVvL6PI (Clip)
Type of Documentary:
Self- reflective
Themes:
Disability
Acceptance in society
Individuality
Health
Relationships: Family + Friends
(Jasmine and Mum)
Relationships: Family + Friends
(Jasmine and Mum)Narrative Structure:
Non - Linear
Closed Narrative
Not single stranded
Camerawork:
CU of face
2 shot of mum and Jasmine
Quickpan -> around Jasmine -> establish New York City
(Establish shot)Establish shots -> low angle
Low angle and DOF, shoes on the beach
CU of feet in sand
High angles
POV -> at convention
ECU of Jasmine
CU of mother
Stockfootage of V Festival
CU face massge then ECU of candle
MCU then CU of social worker -> conventional interview -> positioning to left or right of screen and the eyeline 3rd the way down
Mise-en-scene:
Slow Motion shot -> pinky red tint -> connotations of love?
Sound:
Music in background -> jazzy, paced, has a beat
Jasmine is the voiceover
Music -> "Alicia Keys - Empire state of Mind", this anchors and establishes location of New York
Editing:
Cuts -> cross cuts
Fast motion
Fade from beach to hair salon
Flashbacks to videos from beginning
Flashbacks are in slow motion
Cross cut -> fast editing, girls swop chairs
Archive Material:
Photographs
Home Videos
Birth Video
Graphics:
Title -> plain, white, black background, stand out, simple
(Title)White writing to show additional information just before credits
Credits in the same font
