Documentary analysis ‘the devil made me do it’

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‘The Devil Made Me Do It’

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‘The Devil Made Me Do It’

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It is a mixed documentary containing a voice over (narrator), archived footage and

interviews.

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The themes of the documentary include: Death & Murder Religion Criminal Investigation Influences of music (Marilyn Manson) Youth Culture Mental Illness

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‘The Devil Made Me Do It’ is a single stranded documentary as it only carries one storyline.

It has an open narrative structure as the audience are likely so still be wondering about unanswered questions.

It has a non-linear storyline as the order of narration isn't told in complete order.

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A hand held camera is used for actual footage to highlight the manic/ chaos happening around the situation.

An establishing shot of the street is where the murder happened is used to show the setting of the crime.

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High angle shots of the dark deserted streets could represent danger.

A tracking shot of actual footage makes the audience feel as though they are part of the action, getting an in-depth insight.

A binary opposition of Manson and God stress the good versus evil.

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The framing of the interviews are made up of mostly close ups and medium close ups.

Interviews are conventionally positioned on either the left or right side of the shot.

The audience is positioned as so they feel they are actually watching what has happened.

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The shots of Italy establish the towns and cities. The contrast between the quiet Italy and the contrasting hectic fans showing Manson’s power.

The bright lighting shows the positive view of Christianity representing it as good.

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The background of interviews provides the audience with insight into their role, anchoring the meaning of the interview.

Marilyn Manson wears dark clothing and makeup reflecting his evil persona.

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Special effects are used to reinforce the impact of the action and therefore emphasise the emotions and atmosphere.

Soft music provides the contrast of Marilyn Manson’s music.

The narrators voice is a standard male English accent that was also used to translate and to relate and reflect the age and gender of the audience.

A voice over occurs over archived footage to provide an extra explanation.

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Slow motion is used when the footage of the coffin was being carried emphasises the sadness and tension.

Cuts between the Italian streets and the concerts could show the good versus evil. Quick cuts during reconstruction highlight emotions of the events taking place.

Montage editing of a series of shots shows the continuity of the actions.

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Marilyn Manson’s music videos

Concert footage Newspaper

cuttings American news

shows The girls

confessions (audio)

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The white standard font, possibly used to stand out, told the audience who was speaking and their relation to the topic and events.

Dates and places Graphics where

used to provide translations.