2. Mise en scene
Food is in near enough every shot with Mayra which shows how
severe her problem is.
The interviews with certain people are set in places which are
those peoples regular enviroments i.e
• Judge in the courtroom
• Doctor in hospital
• Mayra in bed
• Lawyer in office
3. Archive footage
Many pictures of Mayra’s nephews and nieces were continually
shown throughout the documentary which reminded the audience
what the focus of the documentary was.
Video footage of Mayra being transported to hospital were shown
along with pictures of when she was younger and slim.
When the reconstruction of the murder was shown, the lighting
went darker and had a brown tone to it.
When the police officer was telling news reporters about Mayra’s
sentence the difference in time was shown by the video footage
being quite jumpy and ‘old’ looking.
A news reporter was shown standing outside Mayra’s house after
she had been sentenced.
4. Camera
Head and sholder shots were used when
interviewing people which made it look
professional.
Establishing shots were also used to show were
Mayra lives in Mexico.
5. Graphics
The names and job title of the people being
interviewed were in a simple font and white.
6. Sound
When talking to Jamie or Mayra, mexican music
was used where as in the court room, eerie
quiet non-diagetic sound was used.
In the reconstruction, harsh piano non-diagetic
sound was used to contrast and show the
difference in time.
7. Narrative
Beginning: Shown Mayra’s struggle with dealing
with her weight and speaking to officers about
her sentence.
Middle: Explaining what had happened to her
nephew and then changing her statement
when finding out her sister, the real
murderer, was pregnant again.
End: is how her sister gets arrested and Mayra
gets the treatment she needs to survive.
