Sunday, 19 September 2010

GENRE ANALYSIS-Documentary Ananlysis (The Music Bizz- Marketing Meatloaf.)

The Music Bizz- Marketing Meatloaf



Type of documentary

  • BBC2 documentary
  • Educational (learning zone)
  • Expositary

Theme

  • Music
  • Making it as a star

Narrative Structure

  • Music industry
  • Brit awards
  • Meatloaf (man part of the documentary)
  • The making of Meatloaf's video
  • End of documentary demonstrates Meatloaf's success.

Camera Work

  • Opening sequence-handheld camera work on red carpet-makes the audience feel like they're there. For example and the press conference the camera work makes you feel like you're there, engaging audiences from the beginning.

Mise-en-scene

  • Removed background, put in image of Meatloaf using a green/blue screen effect.
  • Meatloaf's CD in the background.

Sound

  • Voice over-'Voice-of-God', male voice which could be because it is about a male star, therefore it seems friendly.
  • At time the voice over tells you what you want to think.
  • The music builds up and a peak to create excitment.

Editing

  • Fade in and fade out, feels like a real interview
  • Dont see the interviewees thats much as archive footage has taken over
  • Crossfades of lots of different things to illustrate what they're talking about

Archive Material

  • Meatloaf Performing music and videos
  • Still pictures
  • Videos
  • CD cover
  • There is a lot or archive material in the documentary

Graphics

  • Opening credits-like a magazine with little snaps of famous people.
  • Uses the logo, and name of the documentary on the caption.
  • Quotes across the middle of the screen.

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