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Documentary analysis: Killing Screens

Channel/ Time BBC 1

Target Audience Middle aged, parents, highsocial status.

Summary of the opening 5 minutes:

It is a documentary about whether watching violence

on ! can cause us to be violent. here is a lot o"

"actual in"ormation in the "orm o" a case study "ormatand "eatures re#creations, archival "ootage and e$pert

interviews.

Analysis in time sections: (for the

rst 5 minutes)

(!" secs)

The opening:

It open by posing a %uestion and narrating the name,

&'anorama( whilst showing a young boy being put in the

bac) o" a police car in handcu*s. his grabs interest

right "rom the start and the sharp introduction is used

to highlight to the audience how the documentary is

serious.#mages used:

+rchival "ootage o" a teen in handcu*s, him into the

bac) o" the car with a oom in on the handcu*s. he

oom is used to show the "ocus o" documentary and

how they are the most controversial element in the

shot.

Sound used:

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-arrator tal)s about a 1/ year old boy in handcu*s0

and as)s why he had been reprimanded "or murder. he

"ormal tone used rein"orces the controversy in the

documentary.($!% mins)

#mages used:

ootage o" the 2lm in %uestion "or violence where there

are shootings, cuts o" the 2lm pac)aging and then other

children are shown watching 2ghting. hen there is

"ootage o" a boy replicating what he had seen on the !as well as other )ids 2ghting in a ball pit. he imagery

o" younger children shows how sometimes &innocent(

programmes can cause violence and the mise en scen

o" a ball pit used later gives a 3u$ta#position between

typical children(s "un compared to the violence they

absorb.

Sounds used:ilm speech: &eenie meenie minie mo(, narrator4 does

violence on screen encourage it o*50 he 2rst use o"

the 2lms speech is used to in"orm the audience o" 3ust

how menacing the 2lms is and the choice o" something

a child would say ma)es a bigger impact. he narration

used here also helps to guide the audience through the

in"ormation being presented to them.here is also the use o" captions, &-atural Born 6illers(,

used to give the audience an idea o" the 2lm in

%uestion.

(%!& mins)

#mages used:

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Car shots with e$planation reconstruction o" how the

getaway car loo)ed. ilm clips in car with actors. hese

clips o" reconstruction involving actors is used to aid

the viewer in understanding how the actions too) placeand what words were e$changed between the 7 "riends

as -athan told them his actions.

Sounds used:

+n interview with a "riend o" the )iller. +s)ing why5,

whether the movie alone could have caused this5 he

interview with a "riend is used to give the audience an

alternate perspective and allow someone whoe$perienced it to tell their story. he narrator poses

more %uestions to )eep the audience interested and

awa)en them to the bigger issues raised in the

documentary4 to )eep them watching.

(&!' mins)

#mages used:+ music store he bought the audio trac) "rom. 'ictures

o" the victims and the reconstructions o" -athan(s

arrest which give more meaing to the words the

audience are hearing and ma)es the e$perience more

emotionally grabbing. Dead trees are used in the

bac)ground o" the "riend spea)ing about -athan which

help implicate a "eeling o" tragedy and mourning.

Sounds used:

Interview o" the other "riend involved in the tragedy,

using this gives a trusted and unbiased point o" view o"

the events and his opinions on a close "riend. -arrator

continues to e$plain -athans actions and ne$t steps,

guiding the audience through it helping to )eep them

in"ormed.

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-on# diegetic sound trac) used to emphasise tragedy o"

his victims whilst their images appear on screen4 used

in con3unction with the captions showing how his victim

sister was only 18 years olds to create anoverwhelming "eeling o" sorrow and remorse the

audience will be clung to.

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#mages used:

he casing o" the CD soundtrac) o" the movie. 9videnceo" the murder being lin)ed to -athan. hots are also

used o" 'olice men in uni"orm standing ne$t to a police

car with ;ashing lights which is mise en scen e*ectively

used to elicit the severity o" the situation and remind

them o" the "eelings o" worry when seeing uni"ormed

policemen at a scene. + mid shot o" interviewer and

slightly to the le"t as this is "ollowing conventions andthe mise en scen o" boo)s behind him highlight his

intelligence.

Captions o" the person being interviewed such as4 &gt.