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DOCUMENTARY ANALYSIS Dispatches – Salt: Are you eating too much?

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DOCUMENTARY ANALYSIS

Dispatches – Salt: Are you eating too much?

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Type of Documentary

Mixed documentary - Includes interviews from cardiologists about salt intake, narration to explain problems with some aid of the visual e.g. showing cereal with the amount of salt in graphic text

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Themes

Nutrition – Getting message across that we may eat much more salt than expected

Diet change – Salt intake is increasing

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Narrative structure

Closed narrative – Getting message across that Salt is increasing in food and is getting worse for health

Single stranded – Plot based around the salt intake problem

Non-linear – Isn't a chronological story of events

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CameraworkHigh angle shot of beans on toast- Expresses People wouldn't have

thought such a small meal has such a large salt count

- All food can be unpredictable

Medium close up shot in interview- Thought that interviewee is professional

because the documentary is conducted professionally and formally

- Gives viewers thought of belief in what he is saying “reduce salt and not taste the difference in bread”.

Low angle close up shot of University to talk to Cardiologist

- Used to show how important this scene, the information given from the cardiologist is because it looks like a ‘large’ impacting organisation

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Camerawork continuedHigh angle-Big close up shot of a

salty product

- Used to convey the thought that it is notoriously bad, supported by non-diegetic soundtrack

Extreme close up shot of bottom right of a pizza

- Used to show the amount of salt, to be seen as “unacceptable”

Big close up on Peanuts

- Used to express that food that people wouldn’t have thought, may still have massive amounts of salt

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Mise-en-sceneTest on foods for salt – shows most have much more than what is

explained on the packet- Also, it is explained that some have amount of Sodium, which is

2.5x less than ‘salt’ amount- Presenter takes a 1 week high salt diet experiment, Doctor explains

she has gained 4lb’s in 1 week, used to portray the effects of salt- All this has been used to express that salt overall is bad and that

people need to watch what they eat

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Mise-en-scene continuedThe documentary is based around

researching in to salt;- what it does bad for people- the inaccurate labelling of foods

with salt- The affects and possible future for

younger generations with high amounts of Salt

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Sound

Non-diegetic voice over narration used when looking at foods or presenter is studying effects on Computer

- Used to show the amount of study going into this, makes it more believable

Diegetic narration from presenter with visual aid

- Used to show that it is realism, and it is happening NOW

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EditingFlash dissolve from mid shot to close up, showing more foods

- Used to show that any food can be unpredictable

Cuts used to move from scenes- This is to show the programme is serious and professional, using large amounts of moree

extreme editing may put viewers off the actual information being given.

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GraphicsOverlay graphic showing amount of salt in

children's breakfast- Used to give a clear message that these

foods have high salt- Colours used and salt theme to relate to

the topic

Overlay graphic showing amount of sodium in general snacks however needs to be ‘x2.5’

- Expresses that brands can be misleading due to fact they aren't giving the actual salt amount

- Seen as misleading – bad brand image