2. The Narrator is never seen, using the ‘voice of
god’ technique. At the beginning of the
documentary they use a montage to make it
more dramatic and make your more excited
for the information ahead. The documentary
has a beginning, middle, climax and
resolution. The documentary is a mixed
documentary because it includes: combined
interviews, observation, narration, and
archived footage.
3. • Cut aways are used various amount of times
when the voice over is talking to the
audience to give them a better
understanding. The documentary uses the a
fade-to-black technique to tell use they are
changing scene. When interviewing a
person, they look at the journalist, not the
camera.
4. Archived Footage
• They use archived footage of news
reports, police interrogations, and ‘911’
calls. The also have footage of a trial she
once done.
5. The Mise-En-Scene
• The mise-en-scene takes place at a the
locaion of the murder, giving the
documentary more emotion and giving the
audience a better insight into the case.
Other mise-en-scene is digitally edited in.
They used a green screen and edited a
montage of the location, the people
involved and words to add emotion.
6. Graphics
• The graphics used throughout the
documentary are all the same font, size
and colour. This shows consistency and
looks more professional and formal, which
is suitable for this sort of documentary.
