Documentry Analysis - The Devil made me do it

Documentry Analysis

Title of programme: The devil made me do it

Type of documentary

It is a Mixed Documentary - A combination of interview and Narration

Themes
The themes shown in this documentary are;
Religion
Good Vs Evil
Manson Vs God
Kids Vd Parents, The generation gap
Anti-Government
However the main theme to this documentary is The influence of the media on youth, through music.
Narrative Structure
Non - Linear
Open Narrative structure
Single strand
The structure starts with the murder scene then goes backwards to show how the police tracked and detected the murderers.

Camerawork
Headshots are used for interview scenes so we can see the facial expressions of the interviewee
The camera positions us as Voyers, Observers
Some handheld camerawork is used to give the audience a real effect of goings on
Religious iconography is used to show Good vs Evil with Low angle shots
Alot of cutaways are used to speed up the documentary content
A crane shot is used to track over the cemetary at one point, this gives the audience a dull feeling about the documentary
A close up of the priest is used, in slow motion and the background is in a shadow effect, this is done to make the audience concentrate on the priest with no backgrounds
A low anlge longshot is used in a reinactment of the murdered nun walking down a hallway, this is used to create an emotion of sadness of what events have taken place
A low angle show of Manson is used, and a shadow is used effectivly, it gives us a sense that he is in 'Power' and reinforces that he is known as the 'bad guy' and people see him as Evil
High angle pans and High angle tilts are used as cutaways at night.

Mise - en scene

The documentary opens with the murder scene and the police station, and the camera pans around the Italian streets of where the mirder took place with the narrator giving an explanation of events that have occured. This gives the audience an insight into what the feel for the rest of the documetary will be about.
The reconstruction shown opens with the town in daylight, this mise - en scene anchors meaning in that when the town is shown in the dark bad things are going to happen.

Sound

A male narrator is used this is a Non - digetic sound in the documentary
Voiceovers - Translators are used, and Young people have young translators and Old people have an old translator to keep the effect of the meaning the same
Quior music is used in a cutaway shot of a scene where they are driving through a dark tunnel
The translation makes it authentic as talking in Italian then translating it after into English gives the audience a sense of realism from the Italians thoughts on the murder
Churchbells are sounded
A heartbeat is also used to capture the audiences emotions and create tension about what is going to happen
Digetic sound of the interviewee and of dogs barking
Editing

• Non – digetic mysterious music to create a mysterious effect on the audience
• Juxtaposition of shots and cutaways
• Long shots of cutaways of the cross to reinforce the message
• Close ups of the faces of the teenage Manson fans at his concert to show their facial expressions and capture them singing along to his uncensored song lyrics
• There are montage extracts
• Eliptical editing is used when the camera fades from black upwards to a screen
• Mainly naturalistic lighting is used
• Quick cuts are used in reconstructions show the speed up of time

Archive material

• Cutaway of the murder scene
• Footage of the murderers diarys
• Italian talkshows talking about the events
• Footage from Mansons music videos and concerts in Italy
• Some still images and some moving images
• Newspaper reports of the murder
• Images of fan merchendise
  

Graphics

• Left alligned subtitles – usually in white san serif font
• Onscreen graphics of the Dates and Places shown
• Names appear onscreen introducing people to the audience
• Singing in english – Anti – Government
• Translation of Mansons lyrics on screen