Britain’s Benefit Tenants

Type of Documentary

Mixed

Interviews

Voiceover

Observation

Themes

The struggle of private renting

Problem tenants

Issues for agency and tenants

Narrative structure

Non linear

Start of company

Follow people who rent and work for agency

Steps taken for each issue

Flicks between different issue and different people

Ends with how problem is solved

Camera work

Exterior of houses and area hand held camera close ups

Panning of messy houses/extreme close up of mess

Close ups of rented signs and houses

Long shot of people on street and rows of houses

Mise-en-scene

Natural environment

In houses, cars, housing agents office

Show exactly how houses have been left

Interviews in own homes

Sound

Dramatic music

Voiceover- anchors problems/allows audience to learn about different people

Editing

Quick cuts

Cross cutting between interviews and observing

Shot reverse shot of conversations