Genre Analysis

A picture of Maralyn Manson as the pope

Public enemy number 1-The devil made me do it

Type of documentary
Mixed documentary

Themes
Devil worship, crime, religion, murder,investigation,youth of today, and power of the media and how it can influence an individuals behaviour.

Narrative structure
Open narrative structure,non-linear and single strand

Camera work
interviews-low angles on maralyn manson to make him powerful and adds to the influence.Medium closeup or closeup,framed to the left or right,eyeline 1/3 of the way down.hand held camera work used e.g filming the guy selling posters (not a pre-arranged interview so handheld) 2 shot of couple.
pov of inspector creates the meaning that the cameras the inspector.
Stock footage of church,crosses,religious symbols,church steeples,bell towers,low angle and high angle,intresting lighting in stock footage.
Every camera movement-Tracking of police officer going down stairs and Manson walking through Rome hand held,panning,zoom,Crane-crane down of cemetary, establishing shots of buildings,zoom on still images/newspapers.
Birds eye view of graveyard
closeup of of reflecion of dad on the train-creative
Pov ahot of fan in crowd at gig-actuality footage
Press confrence-observing through the view finder, making the documentary film makers seperate from the journalists.

Mis-en-scene
The cap of the police officer filmedin low angle with police officer and hat was really big.
All Mansons fansdressed up-focused on the most outrageous
When filming in graveyard all grey and gloomy
When filming stock footage of churches and religous symblos they were dark but with a bright light as a symbloic light.
The lighting is most important on Mansons face in interviews-half light and half dark, saint/siner,good/evil-adds to the conotation and his split personality.

Sound
voice over-narrator-male



The devil made me do it documentary




A picture of Bat Out of Hell II

The Music Biz - The Marketing of Meatloaf

Type of Documentary
Mixed

Themes
The marketing of music
Creation of image
Power of the media to influence an audience
Behaviour

Narrative structure
Non Linear
Closed Narrative Structure
Single Strand

Camerawork
Interviews
Framed to the left or right of the screen
Medium close up or close up
Eye line third of the way down the screen

Variety of camera work used
Close up of mics
Extreme close up of CD covers
Panning and zooming
Handheld in the media room
High and low angle
POV walking into the betting office

Mise-en-scene
Chroma key (green or blue screen)
Background is what the interviewee is talking about

Sound
Voiceover
-Sarcastic,MaleStandard, English,Calm and clear,Delivery intertwined with the footage
Meatloaf’s music.

Editing
Interviews dissolve in and out
Cut between the interviews to link together/cross cutting to construct the narrative.
Free chroma key to keep attention on the interview rather than the audience.
Cross cut between behind the scenes and finished video
Slow motion.

Archive Material
Magazine covers
CD covers
TV clips of performing
Music videos
Brit awards
Newspaper headlines
Magazine review pages
News footage

Graphics
Titles
Series logo
Name of person on screen and their jobs
Serif white, left or right of screen, capitals, italics.





A picture of Lara croft in tomb raider

That thing...Lara Croft

Type of documentary
mixed documentary

Themes
Phenomenon of Lara croft
Representation of women
Power of the media influencing peoples thoughts about the representation of women

Narrative structure
Closed narrative structure, non linear, single strand

Camera work
Interviews-left or right of screen,eyeline third of the way down, closeup, medium closeup and big closeup, low angle was used
Barbie sequesnce-extreme closeup
Whip pans
tracking shot of cyber cafe
extreme closup of keyboard and the screen

Mis-en-scene
They used chroma key- was a mooving background but out of focus so it didnt distract fully away from interviewee.

Sound
Voiceover-calm and clear,male,20's-around the age of someone who would of played the game when it came out
Music from the game
Voice of character
Gunfire
Madonnas music was played-one of the interviewees talked about Madonna being a strong woman.

Editing
Cuts
Interview of man on computer screen was tilted-he was the creator of the game so they put him in the computer.
Fast motion-going down stairs and around the cyber cafe

Archeive material
Tomb raider film
Tomb raider game
Newspapers
Magazines
Angelina Jolie interview that promoted the film
Websites about Lara Croft
Nike advert

Graphics
Every graphics had "that thing..." in it
White sans serif all lower case
Words lara croft overlaying


Lara croft

Structure of a documentary

Narrative structure

Open-narrative structure which has loose ends that are not tied up at the end.
Closed-there is a definite conclusion to the narrative
Linear structure-follows chronological order
Non-linear-things are not in time order e.g flashbacks
Circular structure-ends where it starts, goes back to the beginning

Visuals
Television is a visual medium so the programme needs to be visually stimulating.

Stock footage-Archeive material, street sceens, open countryside, closeup of faces-this is footage you have just incase you want it.

Interviews-an interview can be held anywhere, but the mis-en-scene effects the meaning

Vox Pop(voxpopulis)- grab people off the streets and film people answering all the same questions and when editing put in the best. This is often a good way to start and to get a good representative of the audience.

Different types of Documentary

Fully narrated
A voice over is used to construct the exposition, the voice over is used to make sense of the visuals and dominates there meaning.

Fly on the wall
Draws on the french film movement cinema Verite. The camera is unseen or ignored and simply records real events as they involved.

Mixed
Combination of interview,observation,actuality and archeive material and narration to advance the argument or narrative.

Self reference
When the subject of the documnetary acknolodges the presence of the camera and often speaks directly to the programme maker.

Docudrama
A reinactment of events

Docusoap
Combination of documentary and soaps. A group of central protagonists.

Features of Documentaries

John Corner of university of Liverpool said there are 5 central elements of the documentary-

Observation
The programme makers pretend that the camera is unseen or ignored by the people taking part in the event. This puts the audience in a position of an eye witness.

Interview
People give opinions and information, documentaries rely heavily on interviews.

Dramatisation
All documentaries use a sense of drama through the observation element or dramatic reconstruction.

Mis-en-scene
Documentary makers carefully construct shots.

Exposition
The line of argument in a documentary, it can be viewed as what a documentary is saying to an audience.

Documentary definition and purpose

The purpose of the documentary is to document and report with evidence something that has actually happened. It can show this by using actuality footage or reconstruction. It can use a narrators voice over to anchor the meaning or rely on the participants themselves, with perhaps the occasional interjection by the narrator.

John Grieson- General post office film in 1930's defined documentary as "the creative threatment of actuality"

Evaluation of preliminary

Evaluation of preliminary task-Phone documentary
We watched each others documentaries in class on Youtube and gave each other evaluation points. One of the strengths for our documentary was the cutaways, as they were inventive and linked well to the interviewee's answers. Although our Mis-en-scene was relative to the subject, it was poor as it was only a picture in the background. To improve the Mis-en-scene we could of had many pictures in the background to create a 'wallpaper' instead of a single picture. Another weakness was the framing of our documentary interview, the eye line of the interviewee should have been around a third of the way down the screen, our wasn't quite that. The levels of music in the background wasn't right, as it was to loud compared to the levels of speech, making it hard for the interviewee to be heard. Our last strength was the questions as they still made sense when the questions of the interviewer were cut out. To improve our documentary it needs to follow the codes and conventions more carefully.

Final preliminary