Documentary Analysis - Seconds from Disaster

Type of Documentary

Mixed

Themes

Plane Crashes

Engine Failures

Narrative Structure

Non-Linear

Singe Strand

Close narrative structure

Camerawork

Interviews - CU or MCU, framed right or left of screen, eyeline 3rd way down the screen

Zoom in to terrified eyes

Handheld camera moving through new york

Zoom out of aircraft

Tracking shot of pilots

Low angle of pilots

Long shot down the aisle of aeroplane

Birds eye view of aeroplane

Panning shot

ECU of pilots eyes

CU of faces

Tracing across New York skyline

Tilt up from houses to the sky

Two shots

Mise-en-Scene

Aeroplanes

Firemen

Policemen

Air Hostesses

Sound

Voice over - Male, 40's, Clear delivery, serious and standard english

Aeroplane Engines

People's screams

Fast paced music which then slows down

Editing

Re-construction of a plan

Fast motion

Still images dissolve on and off screen

Cut

Archive Material

News footage

Radio messages

Newspaper headlines

Pilot training video

Graphics

Interviewee - white, bold font - name and job on a banner
Time countdown - white font