2. Themes:
• The assassination of John F
Kennedy
• History of Lee Harvey Oswald
• Crime/Investigation
• Historic
Narrative structure:
• Beginning: Who assassinated
JFK?
• Middle: Conspiracy theories
and evidence to show or
suggest that it was Lee Harvey
Oswald
• End: All evidence shown but
still no solution as to who it
was. Open narrative: make
out own decisions
Camera work:
• Slow paced – adds empathy and matches
the non-diegetic empathetic music in
background at times.
• Fixe camera on interviews – Head shots
and close ups thoroughly used to show
professionals
• Handheld on archive and observational
footage
Graphics:
• Text on screen telling us dates/facts,
professions and key names to investigation
3. Mise en scene:
• Working/ middle class professionals
being interviewed, scenery to match
(e.g. professionals wok place office…
• Higher class- John F Kennedy footage
• Interviews took in places to match
what is being said.
Sound:
• Voice over
• No diegetic empathetic music following
facts on screen of John F Kennedys
death
• Diegetic and ambient sound
• Voice recordings from previous
interviews decades of years ago
Editing:
• Slow paces
• Pictures shown as archive footage during
interviews with certain professional/person
matches what person is saying.
• Montage of relevant images
Archive footage:
• News articles
• Voice recordings from back is the 1960’s
• Images of Joh and lee alongside other
people of importance to the investigation
• Shows conspiracy theories through images-
evidence
• Old films of JFK
