Narrative structure - non linear, closed and single strand.
Themes- disaster, loss and wreckage.
Camera work
tracking of big area hit by the disaster showing rubbish and empty space.
establishing shot of the beach
low angle looking up at a flag to show that the flag was hit by the disaster.point of view shot looking out of a car looking at children on a bike carrying water.
crane shot of a grave.
birds eye shot of water well and blue skies.
interviewees are sometimes left or right but on the other interviews its a two shot of two people filling up the screen.
the interviewees are filmed in medium close up
interviewees eyeline 3rd of the way down.
Mise en scene
the interviewees are only sometimes filmed in medium close up but others are in twos.
sri lanka - peoples homes, hotels and roads.
lighting was natural as filmed mostly in daytime but some artifical lighting for the interviews in peoples homes as outside dark.
Sound
wind - this added an intense feel to the documentary as you know it is serious.
car beeping
water running
waves
talking
speaking - foreign accent.
Editing
most common editing is cut i.e. cut to another person appearing on screen next to an interviewee.
fast motion was used to show a car driving to a desination
fade to black was used between interviews.
Archive footage
no archive footage was used as documentary was about the aftermath.
Graphics
white title with information i.e. sri lanka was struck by a terrible disaster etc.
the information was serious and factual.
letters for this just normal then the main title appeared and the colour changed to black to show seriousness and importance. all these letters were in capitals and it shown title and date in a strong bold font.
this is a screen capture of the documentary on youtube.
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