Documentary Analysis

The devil made me do it

Narrative structure.
This is a mixed narrative structure; it uses voice overs in give detail to the events.Reconstruction is used in certain parts to tell parts that werent filmed and also to keep confidentiallity,for example the girls confessions to killing the nun. Observation is also used and archive footage for instance the marrilyn manson concerts.

Themes.
The documentary took place in a small, local and quite town in italy. It was based on a murder for the first time in years. The documentary was based mainly on religion. From the murder on the nun and a religius fugire, it was a main focus as it shocked the town after recent events of act of satan and removal of crosses. It also look at figures of the anti-christ, like Marryln Manson a modern figure with influence to millions through his music it is questioned how much this influenced the work of the gilrs who secretly worshiped the devil.

Narrative strucutre.
begginging- it showed a mysterious event of the murdered nun and starts to unfold to grip the audience.

Middle- We find out who the killers were and shocked as it seems so unprovoked. A lot of re-construction was used to tell the girls side of the story and also to reveal the biggest story line. Marrlyn Manson is also introduced as a controversial figue with his music label and people start to blame his influence of satin.

End- We see the town removed of the memory of what happened and they act like the 'mis-hap' never occured. We see the girls sentencing and how one girl is remorsful for what she did and a priest goes to visit her and is it stil questioned why these girls could ever do somethin like this in the first place. Marrlyn Manson is shown visiting the area and the blame is still pushed towards his media influence eg. we see how obbsessed people were off his- dressing and immitating his. Almost being brainwashed.

Mise-en-scene.
We see Marrlyn Manson ripping up bibles. This has been used to give a negative outlook from the documentary of his anti christ religion. We also see from footage at the concert his face cloning his image, this would be used to show how influencial his work actually is and reflects it on what the girls did. Also we see higher figures, like the lawyer wearing colours like red to suggest power and importance. Sceneries are also used for effect for example interviews in the town in italy in the church portray a sense of innocence and also in peoples homes its more homely.

Graphics.
The graphics used were very simple with tittles bottom left adjacent to the the interviewee.

Sound.
Non-digetic music was used through the film. Marrlyn manson music was also used in areas in archive footage and once when talking about the girls. In interviews there was digetic music mostly to make the interveiws more real and seem more natural. Non-digetic music like phones ringing, screaming, beating heart and stabbing was used through the reconsturuction of the murder of the nun. As the scene was made it was more appropriate to use this kind of music too dramatise the scene and tighten the atmosphere for example the heart beat began to increase and pace faster with the music and in line with what was going on in the footage as they killed her.

Camera work.
Close-ups are used in some areas int he documentary, for example FFBI badges aswel as of crosses and other religious symbols. It symbolises importance. Low angle host are mainly used when we see marryln Manson footage, making him appear higher and godlike in concert with all his clone fans looking up to him. Though interveiws meduim shots are used with the interviewee places on the right hand side never directly in the center. High angles are used of the town at the beggining, used to show how minute the town is to make it more disturbing as its dark and iscolate.

Editing.
Quite a lot of editing has been used throughout the documentary. Cut-aways have been used in interviews to relate back to the murder or to events that were happening to keep us focused on the story. Eye line veiws are used for example in reconstruction to put the audience in the nuns line from the floor and linked with the music to add tension.

Archive material.
archive footage was used like news channels reporting on the murder and also alot from Marryln manson music videos and concerts to daramtise the topic and also to give us insight of what his music was like and make him more contreversial in the documentary.






Movies – a BBC Educational Documentary.
Type of documentary.
This is a mixed documentary with and mixture of voice over and with a narration to keep the audience following. Also a lot of archive footage is used with footage from the premier of Mousehunt and also from trailers and clips from the movie.

Themes.
The main theme throughout this documentary was focused on how to successfully market films supporting the target audience criteria and its importance to make them want to watch the final film and be attracted to the advertising and merchandise they will hopefully buy.

Narrative structure.
Beginning- The beginning is used to draw the audience with catchy music and archive footage from the film and the narrative begins to explain the how marketing is used and vitally important to new films being made.
Middle – The middle section looks at the budget, and keeping everything within the budget to make a substantial enough profit from the film. It also looks at other aspects like that it is important to boost the circulation of the product as much as possible like public appearances, signings and premier events eg opening of the film where actors come to cinema for the opening screening.
Ending- The ending is used to give the final tips of promoting and budgeting the movie release as well as persuasion for the audience to watch it leaving us with two alternative trailers and movie poster leaving us to make up our own mind which we think works best and be most successful and also possibly to make us want to see the film ourselves?

Mise-en-scene.
The scenes are set mostly in London being the capital of the country and to publicise the British film with archive footage of the film premier in London. Mousehunt characteristics always dominate the mise-en-scene because its the documentary main focus. For example blue screens or posters are used of scenes/imagery of the film behind interviewees to not lose focus through out them.

Archive material.
¬There was a lot of archive footage used from the film itself to public appearances like the film premiere and also of filmings of merchandise, logos and prep equipment that was used to make the film a success. Examples of this could include trailers used for the film as well as other Disney trailers like the Lion King to show direct links to the target audience of the film as it was aimed at younger people and family viewing. We were shown alternative archive trailers at the end of the documentary for us to decide which we thought was most appealing. Footage from the premiere in London was used with Lee Evans being shown on arrival and fans. Also from the montage at the beginning showed some archive footage to introduce the topic of the documentary.

Camera work.
High angles are used over London to make it dominating and to set the scene for the remainder of the documentary, also because it is a British film and of the huge success it is. A lot of close-ups are used and also zoom-in shots are used for example on archive footage and celeberty faces which are important. From a modern perspective they seem like bad shots as zoom in make the shot look distasteful and can make it seem childish, taking the effect from the scene. However at the time it was made this was seen as catchy and attracting attention, but I would not use it when planning my own documentary. In the shots, the camera is always static and deep and shallow focus to look into the backgrounds and into merchandise to see logo and slogans etc as they become of importance in the documentary it makes the audience focus and look at it in particular.

¬¬Editing.
Fast edited editing was used at the beginning of the documentary. This was mainly used to attract the attention of their audience first with a montage and something to introduce itself. Cut-aways were used during interviews to relate to the topic they were speaking about like favourite parts of the films or to show the interviewees character in the film. Cut aways were used used to link to the marketing side as well with cutaways to archive footage of equipment and merchandise to show budgeting schemes. Super imposition is also used to give effect to the documentary. Fade outs are also used within the documentary. It makes it look un professional as they have been used to fade out a mistake and join the documentary back.

Sound.
Digetic and non-digetic are used almost equally. A music bed is used with soundtracks from the film and also computerised music like sound effects were used which also from a modern perspective I think were effective for the documentary. Digetic music was also used with interviews and also from archive or filmed events like the noise of the crowds at the premier.

Graphics.
Graphics were used simply but purposely with interviews and they were also used for subtitle s on sections of the documentary which I thought was a bit inappropriate as it was very childlike and a lot was self explanatory and un needed as it was set for its target audience a little too much perhaps.

Panarama: ‘Britain in the dock’



Type of documentary.
This a mixed documentary. It uses observation to show evidence of the troops negligence as well as voice overs used to narrate these event and to give a view over imagery. Reconstruction was also used to dramatise situations and secondary source information like army official confessions and to keep soldiers confidentiality. Interviews were also used for factual information and chosen well to sensationalize the highlight of the program.

Themes.
The documentary looked at corruption within the British Army and whether it can be trusted to police itself after standing accused of two separate incidents of committing war crimes. It looks into detail of the incidents from 2004 of ‘ the battle of Danny Boy’ were allegations suggests innocent Iraqee’s were taken captive for questioning but also killed in British custody. A more recent event revealing the use of hooding which had been forbidden used as an interrogation technique which left one man dead with 93 separate injuries after a hotel was raided with suspicions people inside had planted a bomb which recently had killed a British soldier. It looks into the account of war crimes and footage unseen before to try and unravel what is really going on.

Narrative structure.

The documentary didn’t follow an order or such. Although it follows the case of ‘ Ba’hamosa’ to conclude evidence, it frequently links to the ‘battle of Danny boy’ and other interviews.
Begginging- It looks at the incident in hand showing observational footage. It starts to uncover and gives the face value of what happened
Middle- looks at other incidents within the Army, with observation and archive clips to look back at events from the war in Ireland and more recent conspiracies from 2004. Lots of interviews are used to get different sides of the story as well as attempt interviews with members of the army and the legislation.
Ending- is left quite open to the public without uncovering whether it was true or not. We are left to out own opinion of whether we think it happened or not. However, it does conclude to a bias ending questioning the Mod and mission intelligence to accuse them of multiple breaches of the geneever convention and as we see the interviewer more often we may trust his opinion.
Mise-en-scene.

The more important people like ‘Lord Goldsmith the attorney general 2001-7’ are dressed highly with noticeably bold red ties showing a sign of power and his importance. It is seem commonly also on downing St to suggest power dressing and will make the audience more likely to accept what they say. However, we see a change in scenery; Lord Goldsmith is shown in a board room looking very modern and business looking. This scenery has been carefully chosen to promote distance as opposed to an inspector that came forward after leaving the services. He is interviewed in his home to make us feel more comfortable and more likely to trust him. Also footage is used for the audience to make their own minds up and reconstruction demonstrates a bias view of what happened.

Camera angles.
Panning shots were used on the main presenter as he introduces the topic and later as the program ends.
Handheld shots are used mostly during reconstruction to give a realistic effect to the footage.
Close ups and medium shots were used in interviews to keep focus on them and keep it symmetrical to other interviews.
Handheld shots were used for reconstruction and observation to give it the same effect, to feel real and as if we were there.

Archive footage.
There was voice overs of actual recordings used to prove actual fact as well as footage of the hooding incident and from 2004 where suspected bombers had been arrested.

Sounds.
Non-digetic music was used frequently. Religious music was played as a music bed through several parts to make us reflect on what our country has been doing as it has all been unknown to the public. Also sound effects were used to add emphasis to what was going on like mimicking heart beat noises to add tension and fear.

Graphics.
Graphics was kept simple with small serif white writing used across the bottom left adjacent to the interviewee. In speech it was shown to scroll on a shaded box to the right hand side usually as the person spoke.

Editing.
Editing was used less as the real footage was left to play except cut aways and time sequences were taken out. Cut aways were also used in interviews when relating back to the topic on hand through archive footage or to images.