Monday, September 13, 2010

Public enemy number one - The devil made me do it

Type of documentary:

  • Mixed


Themes :

  • Power of the media

  • Devil Worship Vs Religion

  • Crime ~ murder ~ investigation
  • Youth of today

Narrative Structure:

  • Open
  • Non - Linear
  • Single Strand

Camerawork:

Interviews - Close up - of reflections of dad, low angle - of Marilyn Manson, medium close - up, framed left or right and the eyeline is 1/3 way down.

Guy seliing posters - hand held camerwork - (not prearranged)

Two shot

Over the shoulder and point of view of inspector.

Stock footage - churches, religious iconography, graveyards, bell towers + church steeples - Low / High Angle.

Tracking - police inspector going upstairs + Manson walking through Rome, panning, zoom - still images + inanitmate answers, crane - stock footage - of the cemetery.

Birds eye view - birds eye view.

Estabilishing shots

POV - point of view of fan on the crowd at the gig.

Manson's press conference - observation - it creates the meaning that the documentary maker is seperate from the italian press.

Mise - en - scene:
  • Cap of the police officer

  • Isolated nun

  • Filiming guy in graveyard putting flowers down

  • Lighting: Alot of the shots of dark but they have bright orangey light which works well.

  • In interview half his face is light and half is face is ddrak which is like good and evil which is his personality.

Sound: Voiceovers - glue thats holds narrative together.

  • Narrator - male - standard english - very calm in delivery.

  • Translator - they were roughly the same age, gender as the person on the screen speaking in different languages.

  • Manson's Music.

  • Holy / Gossipel - religious music.

  • Sound effects

  • Manson's saying - "I spend alot more time talking to their kids than they do".

Editing:
  • Cut

  • Don't see interview at all / guy(priest) in the car

  • JUXTAPOSTION - they used the opposite music for the scene. e.g. clips of people arriving for Manson's gig but the music track being played in the background is holy/gosspel.

  • Putting two opposites together - Disciples of Satin.
Archive material:
  • Manson's music videos

  • Italian Show

  • Still images

  • Newspapers

  • News footage

  • Nun's funeral
Graphics:
  • People's name were in simple text.

  • People's relevant to the doucmentary.

  • Places.

  • Dates.

  • Title used a crucifice instead of the letter 't'.

  • Credits.

  • Manson's lyrics during his gigs.

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