Balmain The Documentary

1. Balmain:
The Documentary
Textual Analysis 2

2. Shot
1
TIME: 00.01
• Mise-en-scene – establishing shot of the Eiffel Tower,
in Paris, where Balmain originates and is one of the largest
fashion capitals in the world.
• Dialogue/Voice over- no dialogue
• Shot size- extreme wide shot
• Camera movement/angle- still low angle
• Lighting- Low key lighting
• Sound Effects- fast pace orchestral music (non
diegetic)

3. Shot
2
TIME: 00.05
• Mise-en-scene –Olivier Rousteing and Rihanna getting
papped at a Balmain fashion show
• Dialogue/Voiceover- no dialogue or voiceover
• Shot size –medium shot
• Camera movement/angle- still low angle, making
them look dominant and important
• Lighting- soft high key lighting, with flashes from the
cameras
• Sound Effects- fast paced orchestral music in the
background which sets the pace of the documentary and the
situation they are trying to portray of them being busy
before the fashion show. (non diegetic)

4. Shot
3
TIME: 00.20
• Mise-en-scene - Everyone rushing around before the
show
• Dialogue/Voice over- Voiceover “Before the show it
is action stations at the house of Balmain”
• Shot size- Medium shot
• Camera movement/angle- still, eye level
• Lighting- soft high key lighting
• Sound Effects- non diegetic, rapid orchestral music
throughout the opening. Shows the pace of the scene

5. Shot
4
TIME:00.23
• Mise-en-scene – a series of close ups of hands
doing work with the clothing making it which matches what
the voiceover is saying which shows fluidity within the
documentary.
• Dialogue/Voice over- Voiceover “Its all hands on
deck before the show”
• Shot size- medium, extreme close up
• Camera movement/angle- a still, birds eye
• Lighting- soft high key lighting
• Sound Effects – Voiceover with non diegetic, fast
pace orchestral music in the background

6. Shot
5
TIME:02.06
• Mise-en-scene –the designer of Balmain (Olivier)
working with his team on garments with a model showing
him and his team around also putting their opinions in a
sophisticated setting in the Balmain House, adheres to the
genre of fashion with a model and designers with rails pf
clothing in the background.
• Dialogue/Voice over- Voiceover “the working method
is very strange, frankly untraditional”
• Shot size- wide, long shot
• Camera movement/angle- still, wide, eye level
• Lighting- soft high key lighting
• Sound Effects – voiceover with non diegetic soft
techno background music.

7. Shot
6
TIME:03.10
• Mise-en-scene – One of Balmain’s fashion shows with
close ups of fashion industry icons such as Anna Wintour in
the front row.
• Dialogue/Voice over- voiceover“ extreme, awesome,
almost rigid embroidery”
• Shot size- long, wide shot
• Camera movement/angle- wide, eye level
• Lighting- low key lighting. Darker on the audience with
main focus on the model and the outfit.
• Sound Effects- background music at the pace the
model is walking down the catwalk showing fluidity and a
voiceover explaining what is happening

8. Shot
7
TIME: 05.35
• Mise-en-scene – showing the Balmain logo on there
shop in Paris showing branding with previous shots of
landscapes of Paris.
• Dialogue/Voice over- voiceover talking about Paris
and Balmain
• Shot size- medium close up
• Camera movement/angle – low angle, close up
• Lighting- high key, soft
• Sound Effects- non diegetic, piano background music

9. • Mise-en-scene – showing the Balmain logo on there
shop in Paris showing branding with previous shots of
landscapes of Paris.
• Dialogue/Voice over- voiceover talking about what is
on the wall, with subtitles of translations of what someone
is saying in french.
• Shot size- extreme, close up
• Camera movement/angle – panning, downwards of
the wall of fabrics
• Lighting- high key, soft
• Sound Effects- non diegetic, piano background music
Shot
8
TIME: 06.08

10. Shot
9
TIME: 08.13
• Mise-en-scene – showing Rosie Huntington-Whitely
• Dialogue/Voice over- voiceover talking about what is
on the wall, with subtitles of translations of what someone
is saying in french.
• Shot size- extreme, close up
• Camera movement/angle – panning, downwards of
the wall of fabrics
• Lighting- high key, soft
• Sound Effects- non diegetic, piano background music

11. Shot
10
TIME: 44.42
• Mise-en-scene – models getting papped before the
show in a grand building representing their high profile
glamorous lifestyles.
• Dialogue/Voice over- voiceover talking about them
getting papped and ready for the show.
• Shot size- midshot
• Camera movement/angle – low angle making the
models look dominant and important.
• Lighting- low key, soft
• Sound Effects- no music

12. Shot
11
TIME: 45.19
• Mise-en-scene –fashion show at the end of the
documentary which the rest of the documentary had shown
the build up to which indicates a narrative to the
documentary.
• Dialogue/Voice over- no voiceover or dialogue.
• Shot size- wide shot, closeup
• Camera movement/angle – panning, up the outfit
as the model walks down the catwalk so that it focuses the
audience on the garment and the details of it.
• Lighting- high key, soft
• Sound Effects- diegetic music from the catwalk show.