Thursday, 16 September 2010

Documentary Analysis

THE MUSIC BIZ: The marketing of Meatloaf


Type of documentary:
Mixed


Themes: The manufacturing of music
The creation of their image for a band or singer
The power of the media to influence audience behaviour

Narrative Structure:
Non Linear closed narrative.
Single Strand.



Camerawork:
Interviews - framed to the left or right of screen, medium close up or close up, eye line is 1/3 of the way down the screen which is conventional.
Meatloaf's was interviewed in multiple places, multiple times.
A variety of camera work
Extreme close up of CD's, magazines etc.
Different shot types
Camera movement
High and low angle
Point of view shot of someone walking into the betting office.
Hand held - at the behind scenes footage and making of the video's.

Mise en scene:
Chroma key (blue or green screen)
Background of the interview is actuality footage or archive material relating to what the interviewee is saying.

Sound:
Voice over - sarcastic, male, standard English, calm and clear delivery.
Actuality footage is used to complete the voice over.
Meatloaf's music and archive music is used over the voice over and other footage.

Editing:
Interviewees dissolved in and out
inter cut between interviews/cross cutting to construct the narrative
the background is sometimes frozen - this is to avoid distracting the audience from the interview
Cut between behind the scenes and finished video
slow motion
Flipped image

Archive material:
Magazine covers
CD covers
TV clips
Music videos
Chat shows
Award ceremony
Newspaper headlines
The village people
Mr. Blobby
News footageCliff Richard Music video
Used as a chroma key background - construct the mise en scene of the interviews















































Graphics:
Title sequence - integrated into magazines
Company logo
Names, employment - anchored relevance, serif, white, capitals and italics.

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