Genre analysis - Documentary analysis - The music biz

Type of documentary - Mixed with interviews and archive footage.

Themes - The marketing of music, creation of an image for singer or band and the power of the media and its influence towards behaviour.

Narative structure - Non linear and closed ending with single strand (one narrative).

Camera work - Variety shown including interviews filmed left/right and in medium close up or close up lastly a third of the way down (eyeline).
Extreme close up of merchandise including images of cds and posters.
high and low angle used as well to show status i.e. meatloaf in high angle.
establishing shots i.e. music shoot.
Point of view shot of someone walking into a betting shop this shows creative thinking as is more creative and gives a sense of reality.
Hand held camera used to show all behind the scenes footage this adds a sense of realism.



Mise en scene - Chromakey - blue/green lighting.
background - archive/actually footage related to speech.
camera filming other cameras.








Sound -


Voice over quite sarcastic but clear english spoken in a scottish delivered calm and clear.


narrater finished sentence that became interwined with footage and lastly meafloaf songs palying to suit the theme of the documentary and showing relevance.








Archive material


Cd covers


Images of meatloaf on stage


Music videos


Brit awards


Grammy awards


Newspaper headlines.








Graphics


People placed ina magazine cover at start of documentary. this is creative and adds a fun element to the documentary.


series logo and finally titles with a white colour and sans serif for the font same as the devil made me do it documentary.








Editing


Interviewees dissolve in and out


3 interviews at different times tell the whloe meatloaf story. this is creative and shows planning.


crosscutting between interviews to construct the narrative.


chomokey backtground freezes from video footage to a still image so the audience does not get distracted.


Flipped camera image which was turned the other way around to make it look as if there is more than one interview but this just shows lazyiness.


Slow motion used.

Cross cut from behind the scenes.