Meat

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Transcript of Meat

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The documentary is a mixed documentary containing facts about Meatloaf. It has a voice of God narrator speaking telling the audience different things about Meatloaf and his life.

It starts with the excitement and drama of the Brit awards which sets the scene of Meatloaf and his life.Building up to the middle section: Interviewed people in betting shops adds to variety.

There is a whole section of the documentary on the ymca group which takes the camera off meatloaf to talk about their music. Shows the contrast between them and Meatloaf in the charts.

Goes back to the Brit and Grammy awards.

The documentary ends with the last words from Meatloaf's song ‘Anything for love’.

Narrative Structure:

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Camera Work:

Hand held camera for the opening sequence – Messy, not planned, very chaotic. Hand held camera makes the audience feel part of the documentary.Filming someone else filming an interview.Voiceover more important.Creates drama with a swoop.Variety of cut aways. Mixture of still and moving.Variety of camera angles.

Mise En Scene:

Formal interviews with music producers in front of green screen.Different sides of the interview conversation.The Brit awards The scene from his music videoRecording studio when he’s recording

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Sound:

Voice over ( voice of God ).Mixing voiceover reacting to interview.Music by Meatloaf plays over the top (non-diegetic)

Editing:

Montage of the making and final music video.Cut aways of Meatloaf ‘bat out of hell image’ so the audience focus on voice over.Editing of sound – Voice over mixed with music and interview.Conflict with head of virgin records and Meatloaf talking about the video.Lots of newspapers piled about Meatloaf.Montage of more shots of covers.

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Archive Material:

Footage from the Brit awards on stage.Footage from a filmFootage from Meatloaf’s music video.Footage from news shows and top of the pops.

Graphics:

Fake magazine front cover imagemontage name of logo in the corner.