DOCUMENTARY

ANALYSIS-THE MUSIC BIZ

BY LUKE BRIERLEY

TYPE OF DOCUMENTARY

• THE MUSIC BIZ IS A MIXED DOCUMENTARY AS IT USES A VARIETY OF FOOTAGE INCLUDING INTERVIEWS, OBSERVATION AND ARCHIVE FOOTAGE. NARRATION IS ALSO USED.

THEMES

• THE MAIN THEMES OF THE DOCUMENTARY ARE:

- THE IMAGE CREATION OF MEATLOAF

- THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

- THE MARKETING INDUSTRY

- THE POWER OF THE MEDIA IN INFLUENCING PUBLIC OPINION

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

• THE STORY IS NON LINEAR AS IT HOPS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE CREATION OF MEATLOAF.

• IT IS A SINGLE STRANDED NARRATIVE LIKE MOST DOCUMENTARIES AS IT IS JUST ABOUT ONE TOPIC, WHICH IS MEATLOAF.

• IT IS A CLOSED NARRATIVE STRUCTURE AS ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE LEFT ANSWERED.

CINEMATOGRAPHY• THE INTERVIEWS ARE FILMED CONVENTIONALLY AS THEY ARE FILMED IN

WITH THE CAMERA PLACED LEFT AND RIGHT, SHOT IN MEDIUM CLOSE UP WITH THE EYELINE ¾ OF THE WAY UP THE SCREEN. HOWEVER ONE OF THE INTERVIEWS IS FILMED IN PROFILE.

• THE ACTUALITY FOOTAGE IS FILMED FROM A HANDHELD CAMERA, AND MAKES THE AUDIENCE FEEL CLOSER TO THE ACTION.

MISE EN SCENE• CHROMAKEY IS USED EXCESSIVELY THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE INTERVIEWS

AND IS USED TO PROJECT AN IMAGE ONTO THE BACKGROUND OF A GREENSCREEN OR BLUESCREEN. THE IMAGES ARE ALWAYS RELEVANT TO THE THEMES OF THE DOCUMENTARY.

SOUND

• A MALE VOICEOVER IS USED IN THIS DOCUMENTARY AND USES STANDARD ENGLISH. IT ISN’T CONVENTIONAL AS THE VOICEOVER IS VERY SOPHISTICATED INSTEAD OF TELLING THE FACTS.

• THERE IS RELEVANT SOUND USED, SUCH AS WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT THE VILLAGE PEOPLE, YMCA PLAYED IN THE BACKGROUND.

EDITING

• CONVENTIONAL EDITING IS USED AS YOU DON’T HEAR THE QUESTIONS BEING ASKED, YOU ONLY SEE THE ANSWERS.

• FAST MOTION WAS USED TO GIVE THE AUDIENCE A SENSE OF URGENCY.

• DISSOLVES WERE USED AT THE END OF INTERVIEWS TO FADE THE BACKGROUND OUT AND ONLY LEAVE THE INTERVIEWEE ON SCREEN.

• MONTAGE EDITING IS ALSO USED.

ARCHIVE MATERIAL

• ARCHIVE MATERIAL INCLUDES:

- MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS

- TOP OF THE POPS CLIPS

- DAVID LETTERMAN CLIPS

- CLIPS FROM THE BRITS, GRAMMYS, NOEL’S HOUSE PARTIES, AND AND MUSIC VIDEOS

GRAPHICS

• GRAPHICS USED INCLUDE ONSCREEN TEXT, WHICH DISPLAYS THE NAME OF THE INTERVIEWEE AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE TOPIC.

• THEY ALSO TELL THE LOCATIONS OF PLACES AND EVENTS.