Sunday, 19 September 2010

Documentary Analysis 1

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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