Documentary analysis two

Documentary Analysis

The marketing of Meatloaf - 'The music biz'

Type of documenary :

Mixed documentary ( parts of it fly on the wall to make it more authentic)

Themes:

The music industry

Meatloaf - the comeback

The making of a music video

Marketing of a celebrity

Manipulation of audience

The chanels you have to go through to be number one.

Camerawork:

Opening shot - low angle panning down to set the scene

Camera tracking to follow the ecent as it happens

Zooming in to certain objects/people to reiterate what they are talking about.

Hand held camera work used in the press areas

Lots of observation of the situation used.

Quick cuts of archieve material.

It flicks between the filing of the video archieve materials.

The filming of the interview is conventional - medium close up or close up or extreme close up used.

Point of view shot used in the bookies.

Panning and zooming is used alot.

Mise-en- scene:

Brit awards - fans - celebrities- this shows it is a music documentary.

Still images used being interviewees to not tae away for what they are saying.

Images changed to anchor the message.

Studio background used during the interview of meatloaf this shows he is a very hard working and driven man.

Chromacky is used alot - blue and green screen.

Sound :

Narrator - male voice over using a dry and sarcastic tone. Use of standard English.

Noise of fans screaming

Meatloafs music placed throughout

Negative sounds placed with the man talking about 'the bad out of hell two'

Music finishing off narrators sentence 'moving on up'

Tense music used when going up the chart.

Editing:

Cutaways to images - stills and moving

Interviewees faced in and out.

Text also faded in and out.

Text moving across the screen

Cut editing used.

Fast motion editing used out MTV

Editors also use slow motion

They have conventional editing during interviews for example no questions where asked.

Archive Material:

Brit wards 1994

Still and moving images of Meatloaf.

TV show footage

Slow motion as the concert is being performed

Zooming in on a past article

Top of the pops footage

Montage of magazines and newspapers on Meatloaf - extreme close up.

Graphics:

Graphics to introduce who is talking- placed at bottom of the screen on the alternate side of the interviewee in white writing and sans sarif font.

The title ran across the screen

And it had rolling credits at the end.