Thursday, 16 September 2010

Documentary Analysis - Michael Jackson and Bubbles: The Untold Story

Type of Documentary:
 Mixed

Themes:
Love
Death
Friendship

Narrative Structure:
Non Linear
Closed
Single Strand

Camerawork:
Interview - Framed to left or right of the screen, medium close up and there eyeline is 1/3 of the way down the screen.
Actuality footage
Over the shoulder shot of the interview with Michael which becomes a close up to show his emotion  
Birds eye View of Neverland
Tracking Shot through Neverland
Long shot of Dr. Jane Goddall and the monkey
Low shot of chimpanzee in the tree connotes power and emphasis
Close up of Bubbles in the cage, and his fingers on the cage on a handheld camera which connotes distress
Establishing shot of Bubbles' new home
Two shot of Bubbles and Patti Ragan
Extreme close up of Bubbles finger stroking Patti's hand
Close up to an extreme close up of La Toyas' face in the car to show her sadness
Long shot of the car bringing La Toya
Two shot of La Toya and Patti in the grass
Point of View shot from Bubbles looking up at La Toya
Long shot of Bubbles and La Toya
Mise en Scene:
Interviews- have props to connote their occupation i.e Michael in recording studio = singer, Dr. Jane Goddall in the nature with monkey which suggests her job is observing monkey.

Sound
Michael Jackson music
Voiceover - American, 30 year old, male
Sound Effects- Camera shutter
Music compliments the mood

Editing
Cuts
Pictures - in a photo reel to make the audience stay interested
Interviewee speaks about something and it cuts to a video clip which relates to the subject
Interview voice over archive material
Archive Material:
News footage - Neverland
Photographs
Music Videos
Home Videos
Press Conference
Chat Shows
Newspaper
Dick Clark Show
OK Magazine
Graphics:
The title is in the font from the Bad Michael Jackson Album
Who? Occupation? aligned on the left in orange calligraphy text
Joe Jackson - has green bold text to confirm his name



The pictures I have included are relevant to the documentary I got them from Google images.Below is a clip from the documentary.






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