Friday, 8 July 2011

Documentary Analysis - Marketing Meatloaf

Type of documentary: mixed documentary.

Themes: power of media, manipulation of the audience, marketing and music industry and image creation.

Narrative structure: single-strand, non linear, closed narrative, circular.

Camerawork: interviews- close ups, medium close ups and big close ups -conventional. Left and right aligned. Profile shot - observing as an audience (voyeur). Handheld camera work during press scenes - shot from the press' point of view.

Mise-en-scene: chromoakey, green screen, music videos, virgin records in the background - relevant to the topic.

Sound: Meatloaf's music, voice over - young, well spoken male, speaking standard English. The voice over is opinionated and sarcastic which is not conventional. Tense music when the charts were being read out, music played over people talking.

Editing: conventional - generally didn't hear the question, quick cuts, elliptical editing, montage - news programs, slow motion, spin on images, dissolves on interviews.

Archive material: news broadcast, Brit awards, American news, music videos, CD covers and computer footage.

Graphics: title of program - the music bizz, name of person and profession - white sans serif font type. Credits scrolling across the screen - un conventional, super imposed graphics.

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