Title of programme: The devil made me do it –part of the ‘Public enemy number one’ series on Channel 4
Type of documentary
Mixed Documentary
Themes
Devil worship V Religious
Crime/Murder investigation
Youth of today
Power of the media – influence someone’s mind how to behave – the question is not answered, the audience have to answer for themselves.
Narrative structure
Open narrative structure the audience have to answer themselves (Power of the media)
Non Linear
Camera work
Interviews – CU interviews/Mid CU – Frame to the left or right of screen – low angle interviews of Marilyn Manson (could argue that it makes him look powerful) – eyes a third of the screen down – 2 shot also used
Handheld camera also used – Guy selling posters – it wasn’t pre arranged
P.O.V shot of inspector – creative editing also used with fan footage at Manson gigs
Stock footage used – religious iconography – churches, bell tower, rosary beads, and crosses all in high/low angle
Tracking/panning used – zoom used – crane used (cemetery) – establishing shot/bird’s eye view
Mise-en-scene
low angle shot – cap of police officer positioned while he does an interview
Isolated nun – in room by self
Man at end – flowers in the grave yard
Lighting – quite dark with almost an orange glow
Sound
Voiceover (Narrator) – Male – calm in his delivery – links everything together – the glue that holds the narrative together
Translated voice – was similar in age to the person that they were translating for
Manson music
Religious Music
Sound effects used
Editing
Cut
Archive Footage
News footage – nun’s funeral/police investigation
Manson music videos
Websites
Italian talk shows
Newspapers
American coverage of the massacre
Graphics
White text – sans serif font
Name of the person on the 1st line then 2nd line is their relevance to documentary – left or right of screen – 1st line is slightly bigger
Title quite gothic and stylized a cross for a T
Anchor the voice recordings of the girls diary
Translated Manson’s Lyrics
Dates and locations
Here is a clip from the documentary that illustrates some of these points
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMDh16bJRNA&p=C7ABFEB658DF780D&playnext=1&index=38
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