Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Documentary Analysis - 9/11 After the Towers fell

Type of Documentary
Mixed

Themes
Terrorism
Fight for Survival
How peoples lives changed

Narrative Structure
Linear
Closed narrative structure
Single strand

Camerawork
Interviews - MCU, CU, framed right or left of screen, eyeline 3rd way down the screen
Birds eye view of Manhattan skyline
Tilt shot up the towers
Handheld camera - most used because people recorded it as it happened. i.e running away
Panning shot
Zoom out of buildings
Zoom into still images
Tracking shot of rubble
Wide shot of firefighters
POV shot
CU of firefighters badge
Long shot of empty streets filled with rubbish and debris
Two shot of two firefighters

Mise-en-scene
Fire engines
Firefighters
Police
Camera's
Background of interview: pale colour grey like smoke

Sound
Voice over - male, 40's clear delivery, calm and serious, standard english
Screams
Phonecalls
Eery music in the background
Radio messages

Editing
Writing dissolve off screen
Cut - different people running and screaming
Re-construction/dramatisation

Archive Material
Radio news
Voices off news shows
News footage of towers falling

Graphics
Translation of phone and radio calls - white and yellow font, sans serif
Interview - name and job or family member - sans serif, bold
Time, Date and location - white font, sans serif, bold





I have decided to use these pictures as these are some that are taken from the documentary and they show what really happened after 9/11.

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