Sunday, 19 September 2010

Documentary Analysis 5

Title of programme: Small teen, Big world BBC One

Type of documentary

Mixed documentary

Themes

Body image – growing up differently and how you are treated

Growing up

Moving away

Narrative Structure

Non-Linear

Single Stranded

Closed

Camera work

Interviews – Mid CU/CU – framed to either left or right – eye line 3rd of the way down – conventional framing

P.O.V shot – walking to house

Establishing shots – Wales/London/New York

Low/High Angle used

Pan – New York

Montage shots of New York

Handheld camera at some interviews – shows it was not planned

Mise-en-scene

House

Long shot of girls with shoes in foreground and them in back out of focus

Sound

Voiceover – young female – the girl who the programme is about – calm –emotional – Standard English

Band at convention

Music (R’n’B- Jay Z/Bruno Mars/Ellie Goulding)

Editing

Cut

Fast Motion – Times Square (Whip pan) and tracking

Long isolated shot of girl on bench everything/ everyone else is blurred except her

Flashback is used – clip is slightly darker

3 girls in spa - images jump cut and move places

Images fade into another – CU of face to candles

Archive Material

Home videos

Family photos – camera movements used – zoom/pan

Graphics

White font on a black background – small teen, Big world – title sequence

Subtitle – White with black outline

Serif Fonts

Here is a small clip that illustrates some of these points

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEqHiVvL6PI

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