1) 'PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT'
(YouTube clip)
Type of Documentary:
Mixed -> Variety of Content
Themes:
Devil worship v Religion
Crime -> murder investigation
Youth of today
POWER OF THE MEDIA -> can the media influeence individuals' behaviour
Narrative Structure:
Open narrative structure
Non - Linear (things not in time order)
Camerawork:
Interviews -> Low angle of MM, Eyeline 3rd way down, framed to either left or right, in MCU or CU, there was a two shot interview
Guy selling posters -> handheld, not prearranged
(Handheld, interview)
OTS & POV shot of inspector -> CU of faces
Stockfootage -> religious iconography -> corsses, angels, churches, bell towers -> low angle & high angle shots
Tracking -> chief inspector, MM walking through Rome, in cemetary
Pan
Zoom -> images, newspapers, inaminate objects
Crane -> church, cemetary
Handheld camera
Establish shots to establish the location
Birds eye view -> police walking in street
CU of father's reflection -> creativity
MM press conference -> when arrived in Italy, focus on lense of camera, it observes -> creates meaning that the documentary makers are not apart of the Italian reporters. They are seperate and just observing.
POV -> fan in crowd at the gigs (this is actuality footage)
(POV)
Mise-en-scene:
Low angle -> police sitting at desk, cap on the desk -> authority, power and shows his job
Isolated nun in a room by herself
MM fans went to extreme -> make up , blood
Guy in the graveyard
(Graveyard)
Lighting -> on Stockfootage, it is very dark, a deep blue or orange glow to some shots which suggest a mystical feeling
Lighting -> MM interview -> lowangle shows power, half face is dark -> connotations of GOOD vs EVIL. -> deliberatly, artificial lighting, adds to his characters, suggests split personality
(MM interview)
Where nun dies, lights off except for one office, down corridor -> shows isolation
Sound:
Voiceover -> narrator (male, standard English, very calm in his delivery). It is ''the glue that holds the narrative together'' !!
(Clip of Voiceover)
Translation, voice sounds roughly the same age, gender and ethnicity.
MM music and orchestral music, opposite music
SFX
Editing:
Cut
Clever, conveying a boring town linking the speech and boring music
Filmed the priest driving, the entire interview is audio -> erie, tired? slowmotion
Moves according to the heartbeat when nun dies -> long pause then bell rings in cemetary
Juxtaposition - controversial visuals of MM fans, with religious orchestral music.
Voiceover says "satanic rock"
Religious connotations of following MM, worshipping satanic views - disciples of satan?
Mcdonalds - he is an actor? The organisation looks at globelisation (organisation destroys the identity of cultures). He is meant to be standing up for individuality - a fake?
Archive Material:
News footage -> police investigation and funeral
(USA-TV)
MM music videos
(Clip of Music Video)
American TV coverage of riots
Newspapers
Italian talk show
(Clip Italian show)
Photographs
Fans with MM carved in their skin
Graphics:
White sans-serif font -> name of the person then their relevants to the doc anhored the relevance of person to the topic. Left or right of screen. Name is bigger
Title -> used a cross instead of a t, it was gothic and linked to genre
(Image of title)
Closed narrative of trial -> information given
Anchoring audio -> white text
Translating MM lyrics -> white text -> time and places, anchors establishing shot
White text in the credits
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------2) THE MUSIC BIZ: THE MARKETING OF MEAT LOAF (BBC 2)
Type of Documentary:
Mixed -> variety of content
Themes:
Marketing of music
Creation of image for a band or singer
Power of the Media to influence audience behaviour
Narrative Structure:
Non - Linear structure (not in time order)
Closed structure
Single strand (one main narrative)
Camerawork:
Interviews -> framed to left or right of screen, MCU or CU, eyeline 3rd of way down, positioning is conventional. One man in profile
Variety of camerawor: ECU of CD covers, mags, pan across, different shot type/camera movement on still images or archive material
High angle and low angle
POV -> william hill, walking into bet office
Handheld -> behind the scenes footage
Meat Loaf interviews -> on location, at record company, CU and zoom
Establish shots
Brit Awards -> press, filming the media, which seperates the documentary camera
Mise-en-scene:
Chromaky (blue or green screen) -> background of this is archive or actuality footage, related to the interviewees speech
Sound:
Voiceover -> male, standard english, calm and clear delivery, he was sometimes sarcastic with his tone
Linked with archive and actuality footage, anchoring the sound and visuals
Editing:
Interviewees dissolve in and out -> cross cut -> 2 music producers + Meat Loaf
Intercut between 3 interviews to make it make sense, constructing the narrative
The interviewee appears on screen the chromaky image is paused, not to distract
Behind the scenes footage, cross cut with final take (music video)
(I Would Do Anything For Love Music Video - Not Documentary)
Slow motion
Dissolves
Flipped image of man, watch is on oppposite hand, failure of inventive camerawork as it is obvious and not well thought about -> continuity
Archive Material:
TV clips
Music Videos
Hosts on chatshows
The Brit Awards
Newspapers
Magazines
Headlines
Review pages
News footage; both USA and UK
Mr. Blobby footage -> video
YMCA -> village people
*It was used as partly, chromaky background (constructing mise-en-scene of interviews)
Graphics:
Title sequence
Series logo
Name of person + jobs on screen, anchored the relevance of the person to the programme
This ranges from the left to the right of screen -> typography ->CAPITALS/italics-> Serif/white font
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3) That Thing...Lara Croft (BBC1)
Type:
Mixed
Themes:
Power of the Media
Representation of women
Phonenom of Lara Croft
( image not from doc)Narrative Structure:
Non-Linear
Closed Narrative
Single Strand
Camerwork:
ECU of man in computer
Interviews MCU or ECU or CU -> positioned to the left or right of screen, eyeline 3rd way down, low angle
WhipPan -> tracking shot of computers
High angle women playing the game
Tilted frame -> Angelina Jolie -> ECU face
Barbie sequence -> filmed in ECU -> created idellic female representation
Mise-en-scene:
Chromaky -> out of focus so it did not distract from interviewee
Front projection -> not really successful -> green and dark light over face -> shadows on screen
Sound:
Game music background
SFX -> gunfire -> voice of character
Voiceover-> calm, clear delievery, male, young -> age was relevant, he may have watched and played the games himself
Madonna music, anchors the interviewee's comments -> it started before it was mentioned, then made sense as the interviewee spoke about Lara Croft and Madonna being similar to each other as they as role models
Editing:
Cross cut game to the actual film
Fast motion WhipPan of computers
Cut
Main in computer screen and Angelina Jolie in the screen
Archive:
Film footage
Nike advert
Newspapers and magazine
Angelina Jolie's interview (stockinterview)
Emails, message boards, letters
Graphics:
Cartoon, man on computer screen, white writing -> name and job -> no capitals, sans serif font
