Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Primary Research: Documentries Watched

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Underage and Pregnant

BBC3
9PM



Daredevils: The Human Bird

Channel 4
9pm




The devil made me do it

Type of Documentary:
It is a mix of compilation film, Dramadoc and Expository

Themes:
-Marilyn Manson is playing the devil
-Power of the media
-Religion: satan (religious iconography)
-Brainwashing/Manipulation
-Technology

Narrative Structure:
-Puppet Master
-Equilibrium
-Reconstruction (History)
-Non-linear
-Binaoppositions
-Prop’s Theory (NUN vs. Marilyn Manson)
-Parallelism

Camera Work:-Close up’s of religious images
-Talking heads
-Birds eye view of town (sense of location)
-Point of View of Police
-Follow Marilyn Manson behind: sense of following his life
-Close up of hand: reinforces nun keeping praying
-Low angle of Marilyn Manson: power
-Tracking shot: hand held/blurry: authenticity
-Long takes: indirect address: follow people

Mise-en-scene-Working Office talking head: direct audience
-Authority: Uniform and Office of Police
-Darkness implies Event
-Teenagers laid back smoking and drinking
-Teachers sitting straight up: direct audience
-Rain: depressing subject
-Light at the end of the tunnel: parallel to speech
-Town: Narrow streets (claustrophobic)
-Birds eye view: close knit community

Sound:
-Non diegetic voice over
-English Overlay (over the Italian language)
-Heart beat: no diegetic
-Stabbing
-Cut then fade in/out sounds
-Voiceover: leads through events (anchors you in)
-Music in tunnel: religious: reinforcement of her cracking
-Unplugged song at the end

Editing:
-Jump between archive and sound
-Names and change of pictures
-Close lift doors: end of part one
-Cutaway shots to location
-Juxtaposed: concert and fan
-Cut a way’s in time of sounds

Archive Material:
-Funeral
-Graffiti
-Religious images: Cemetery
-Video’s, Concerts: Marilyn Manson (first hand experience)
-Dress conference
-Faces of saints
-Empty Court: Reconstruction

Graphics:-The devil mad me do it: title used graphics DARK
-Reconstruction picture: Computer screen
-Names
-Lyrics


Marketing Movies

Type of Documentary:
-Factual
-Educational

Themes:

-Informing
-Promoting
-Media

Camera Work:
-External Shots: going pictures, red carpet
-Pans down slowly ‘Titanic’ Interview over
-Analyses parts of the poster and goes with speech ‘Tagline

Mise-en-scene:
-Mermaid in back: Talking heads are authoritative: close up

Editing:
-Opening music: Speech: Pictures; Fast merchandise
-Animated title between speech each section
-Dissolve into next pictures
-Connects pictures and sound in time together

Archive Material:
-Wall poster: zooms out
-Footage from the film

Graphics:
-Marketing Movies title
-Months and Money signs
-Low zooms into copy
-Text at bottom to introduce new people


That Thing: Lora Croft

Narrative Structure:
-End with comment from director

Camera Work:

-Close up: action genre (Talking head)
-Fish eye lens: create gaming effect which suites target audience
-Speeded up shots in gaming café
-Create the effect of computer game

Mise-en-scene:
-Footage in the background from the game

Sound:
-Voice of god
-Interviews (diegetic)
-Music of game in the background
-Gun shooting
-Characters voice from the game
- Archive Sound
-Layers of sound: codes and conventions

Editing:

-Someone interviewed been put in camera screen
-Screen over Lora’s face
-Short sharp cuts
-Duration/Speed Faster

Archive Material:
-Video games
-Film
-Barbie Adverts
-Internet footage: Fan Sites

Graphics:
-Name and Job Title


The music biz: Marketing Meatloaf

Type of Documentary:
-Expository: anchors imagery
-Informative
-Interactive (seeing camera)

Themes:
-Music industry
-Music awards
-Meatloaf as specific examples
-Re-brand of meatloaf

Narrative Structure:
-Voice of god
-Music business: Grammy’s and Brit awards
-‘Meat staggers obediently’: message behind the film
-Two strand story: Meatloaf and YMCA
-Linear
-Beauty and the beast fairytale: music video being created

Camera work:
-Low angle: establishing shot of NY then pans down
-External shot of original building
-Point of View: we have been invited to follow backstage e.g. press pass going through door
-Swop sides of talking head: doesn’t confuse the audience
-Talking head look off to camera
-Establishing shot to headquarters: new location
-Mid shot to close up: connection made
-hand held; really watching it: people conference
-External shots of betting house and then close up of betting screen
-talking heads don’t talk to the camera

Mise-en-scene:
-Energy: close up: busy people
-Studio: subject of music which anchors role
-Sunglasses: rock and roll star
-Album covers as backgrounds
-William Hill/ betting screen

Sound:

-Voice of god MALE: leads through events
-Crowds cheering: diegetic
-Camera clicking and flashing
-Meatloaf songs
-Heart beat: dramatic
-Interviews
-Actual songs

Editing:
-Talking head in front of footage
-Cut away shots during interviews
-Fade in and out of screen
-Interview/ Cut-image/ Interview
-Continuity editing: flows
-Parallel editing
-Slow motion tracking shot of fans
-Behind scenes and actual footage: same framing but swops between
-Juxtaposition of image and sound

Archive Material:
-Music events footage
-Inside look at event: feels like backstage view
-No unique footage until the end
-Exclusive interview
-Iconic images: microphones, equipment: reinforces the music genre
-TV programme: codes and conventions
-Past Meatloaf footage
-Music video footage of Meatloaf and YMCA
-Photographs
-Computer screens
-Making of video documentary
-Other TV programmes they performed in

Graphics:
-Magazine with moving image
-Brit Awards 1994
-Filmed sheets of info and music
-Quotes across screen

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