Documentary 1

Skin

Subject of the Documentary:

The documentary is all about how a man from Sydney has altered his body thought tattoo's

and piercing. It also give the audience a incite to how people have reacted to the different

thing that he has done to him self.

Themes:

The documentary has a few different themes running thought out. There is the theme of

people perceptions about what he has done, as he tells story's about what different people

have said to him about them like how he was basically fired from a job because of a piercing.

Another theme that if featured though out it body image and people do different thing that

change the way they look.

Your/Audience Responses:

when first seeing the documentary you are shocked by the look of the different this he has

done to his body and the thing that he can now do with his body because of what he has done.

However the further in to the documentary you get you get used to seeing the different

piercing and tattoo's that he has and start to think that it was his chose to do these thing to

himself and you shouldn't judge him for doing it because you wouldn't do it to yourself.

Structure/Narrative:

The narrative follows a very clear structure of in the beginning you get to know him and the

different thing that he get done. Then you hear about his past experiences of people

discriminating against what he has had done. At the end you get to hear about how he is

doing now and how he has over come the challenges he has faced.

Mise En Scene:

The lighting thought out the A-Roll the lighting is very artificial with low key lighting make

it very white and strange making the scene seem very surreal to match all the strange and

weird piercing. The on some of the B-Roll the lighting is slightly yellowy making the shot

look clear then the other shot so you can the different thing that he has done in more detail.

The setting of the A-Roll is in front of a mural about piecing and tattoo's, this would have

been chosen and it matched what he is saying.

Camera:

Different camera techniques have been used to make the documentary seem disjointed and

brakes conventions like he has with the different thing that he has done to him self. Most of

the interview has been film with a chanted angle to make it seem surreal this also goes

together with how it keeps coming in and out of focus a lot.

Editing:

There is a lot of jump cuts where 3 or 4 frames have been cut from the footage. This links

with how the documentary is about how cutting. There is some transitions used at the

beginning and the end of where a overlay of film strip has been used over a image of his back

tattoo this links with how everything has been used to make it seem very surreal, this overlay

has also been used over the opening and closing credits.

Sound:

The is a upbeat music playing in the background of the whole documentary with some of the

editing matching the drum beat it has. The answers from the interview has been used as a

voice over on the B-Roll footage along with this the question have been edited out.

Archive Material:

N/A

Graphics:

There is a still image of his back tattoo under the overlay.

Documentary 2

In the teeth of Jaws

Subject of Documentary:

The documentary is about the making of the film Jaws.

Themes:

How the film was made and where it came from.

Your/Audience Response:

The audience feel informed about how the film was made and the film industry.

Structure/Narrative:

It shows the film from the booking being made and named through different possible

directors and actors along with the problems with the shark. Then how the final product came

across to the audiences.

Mise En Scene:

Some of the interviews are filmed in front of different backgrounds. For example some of

them are shot in front of a green screen meaning that they can be put in front of different

background, one of them is filmed out side with a beach behind him this would be where the

film was shot.

Parts of the documentary is filmed in Martha's vineyard where the movie was filmed.

Camera:

The camera is still on a tripod for the interviews are it gives it a very professional feel. There

is a lot of medium close ups of the people being interviewed so that you can concentrate on

what they are saying.

Editing:

There is very little B-Roll used as a lot of it consists of interviews.

Sound:

There is no voice over are the interviews tell you everything that you need to know. The Jaws

music is used occasionally thought out.

Archive Material:

There is still images of book pages and actors used when they aer being talked about along

with footage from the movie. There is also footage of the making of the shark are some of the

scenes.

Graphics:

The names of the people are added when there are first on screen are a caption in yellow on a

overlay graphic.

Documentary 3

The Devil Made Me Do It

Type of Documentary:

It is mixed meaning that is contains interviews, reconstructions and other footage.

Themes:

There themes of the documentary are:

Blame

Religion

Music's influence

Crime

Death

Murder

Satan/extremism

Parental responsibility

Representation of youth/teenagers

Possession/in control

Narrative Structure:

The Narrative follows the trial and Marilyn Manson's involvement, it also follows his tour.

There are two parallel narratives:

a. Investigation after events

b. following that trial before and during.

Camera Work:

Relatively predictable with medium shots and medium close ups for the interviews. Low

angle shot on Manson's interviews giving him power. High angle shots thought CCTV

camera making it voyeuristic. Vox pops interviews of stall holder and security guard to gig to

give public opinion. The reconstructions have a artistic approach to them. There is a large

variety of camera angles used through out.

Mise-en-scene:

There is lots of religious Symbols used through out. The hat Manson wears creates shadows

on his face giving him a air of mystery and making it look like he has something to hid. The

shots in the Arcade when they are talking about youth give the youth a bad representation.

When showing youth they are always doing things that gave them a bad representation such

as smoking and drinking.

Sound:

Diegetic sound of Marlyn Manson music.

There is a voice of god narration to sum up all of point that are made through out. Some of

the interviews are used to create a voice over. Non-diegetic sounds of church music.

Editing:

There is a lot of straight cuts as the editing is very basic. there is a lot of long takes of things

unless it is showing Manson then which creates a contrast between him and the investigation.

Archive Material:

there archive material is very Mason based with footage from his music videos and images of

his fans with his name carved into there chests. There is some images of evidence from the

trial but very little of it.

Graphics:

The graphics are in a in a very basic font for the lower third title. There is also no special

effect used.

Documentary 4

The Music Biz- Meat Loaf Edition

Type

It is mixed meaning that is contains interviews, reconstructions and other footage.

Themes

The themes of this documentary are the music business, behind the scenes, celebrities, money

and consumerism.

Narrative Structure

It follows a linear narrative it also shows some element of the village boys as they where also

going for christmas number one so it could show a wider context of the music industry and

show what he was going up against.

Camera Work

There are talking head shots which are in the rule of thirds. There is a tracking shot around a

conference table which invites the audience in as if there where there in the room and this

would have probably included a empty chair. There is footage from behind the scenes of the

music video, a lot of this is shot in long shot to get all of the equipment into the frame.

Mise-en-scene

There is green screen used which is replaced by footage from meat loafs music video. There

is often a recording studio in the background of meat loafs interviews. As there is behind the

scenes footgae there is a lot of filming equipment viewable in these shot. There is non-

consturced miss-en-scene with the footage from the music video as they had no control over

it as they just had to use what was all ready in the footage.

Sound

There is a voice of god narration with everything being summed up the the narration and

things being explained thought it. There is sound bites of Bat Out Of Hell one and two, there

is also sound bite of other songs which where going for christmas number one when that

where talking about it.

Editing

It is a slow paced editing used thought out with things also made into slow motion. It get a bit

quicker when they are talking about the album being released and when the news reporters

are talking to build suspense.

Archive Material

There is footage from the brit award to open the documentary and some of the GRAMMYs

along with footage from TV shows showing Meat Loaf preforming. There is a few clips from

music videos of the other artist that where also up for christmas number one.

Graphics

A magazine graphic is used in the beginning of the documentary this if the only edited bit as

the rest of the graphic where basic font lower third headings.

Documentary 5

Rock and Roll Exposed- Picturing Punk

Type

The type of the documentary is Self referential

Themes

The themes are:

Music

Exposition

Influences

Punk/ Alternative

Music Life Style

Music Industry 70's-80's

Photography

Rock Culture

Anarchy

Camera Work

There is a lot of talking head shot which are shot in medium shots and medium close ups.

There is a shallow depth of field for the interviews apart from the Alice Cooper interview

which is also in a mid to long shot which brakes up the interviews and add variety along with

emphasis.

Narrative

The documentary follows a linear narrative of the photographer. It talks about the different

bands that he has taken photographs of and how all lead up to the creation of the Sex Pistols,

the Ramones and the Clash. It all concludes talking about how MTV ended the era and his

story.

Sound

There is music from the bands which are being talked about over to the top of interviews with

cross dissolves between the track to make them flow better and they get quieter to

accommodate the voices.

Editing

There is some smoke transitions and that picures have been animated so that they move up

and down the screen, some of the photos have been manipulated so that the field of depth

changed.

Mise-en-scene

Most of the interviews have low key lighting with Alice Coopers lighting being bright

contrasting his personality. The clothing that they wear in the interview reflect what they are

talking about as they talk about how different bands influenced what each other wore.

Archive Material

There is old black and white footage of the different bands preforming live along with

footage from music videos.

Graphics

There is a braking film effect over the end credits and the rest of the graphics are fit for

purpose.

Documentary 6

That thing - Lara Croft

Type

It is a mixed documentary meaing that it has game play footage interviews amongst other

things.

Themes

There where different themes to the documentary which where:

Gaming

Idealisation

Gender stereotypeer

Sexualisation of women

Feminism

Camera Work

There was a lot of talking head shots some with green screen background and others with

game play being projected over the whole shot, these where all filmed in close to medium

close ups. There is strange camera angles when interviews are being shows thought a

computer screen then filmed. These all follow the rule of thirds. There is some fast action

over the shoulder POV shots.

Mise-en-scene

Some of the documentary is filmed in a computer room where people are playing the video

game. The over the face projection during one of the interviews alines the woman with the

game.

Sound

There is some non-diegetic ambiant fast paces music playing in sections along with sound

from the video game and the voice of god narration.

Editing

It is edited in quite a fast pace with a lot of buffers used a long with a laptop style in sections.

Archive Material

The only archive footage used is game footage, movie footage and some images of web pages

about Lara Croft.

Graphics

There are some titles in the lover third of the screen in a basic lower case font. There is also

some animated buffers of Lara Croft moving across the screen.

Narrative Structure

The documentary talks about from the game being created to the film being made and after.