Type: Mixed
Narrative Structure: Closed, non linear, single strand.
Themes: Being a teenager, body image and self esteem.
Camera Work:
- Interviews: They were either framed to the left or right of the screen and the eye level was 1/3 of the way down the screen which is conventional.
- The interviews took place in multiple locations.
- Multiple high and low angle shots were used such as on when filming Jazz and her Mum, at the hotel, in New York and on scenery shots.
- Mainly hand held camera work was used.
- A variety of creative shots were used. Such as: medium close up, close up, extreme close up and long shot.
- Point of view following Jazz down the path.
- Over the shoulder shot of Jazz and social worker.
- Two shot.
Mise en scene:
- Interviews were filmed in various places including Jazz's house, in her grandfathers car, in the hotel and in New York.
Sound:
- Voice over: The main person in the documentary does the voice over (young, girl). It is in a calm and clear in standard English.
- Relevant music is used (sometimes over the voice over).
Editing:
- Dissolve is used when cutting between an interview and archive footage.
- Fast motion was used on some actuality footage when the camera tracked along a path.
- Slow motion was used on archive material and actuality footage when Jazz and her Mum were walking through a crowd.
- Zoom was used varyingly
- Cutting was the most common edit used.
- Cutting was used between parallel action of Jazz in the kitchen and her Mum in bed.
Archive Material:
- Pictures
- Home videos
- Scenery shots: New York, Wales & her home.
Graphics:
- Title sequence: white, sans serif.
- At the end: additional information. White, sans serif on a black background
The above clip is a trailer of the documentary that I analysed.
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