Documentaries Crime

1. Documentaries
Crime

2. Tales of the grim sleeper
An aerial shot has been used in the following image. This is a still from
a clip where it shows the police finding one of the bodies from one of
the murders. This can be interesting for the audience because it shows
a real life moment, this creates a realism factor for the audience to
think about. I believe an aerial shot taken from a real life event is very
useful in documentaries but I will not use it in my documentary
because it is hard to replicate at a good quality level.

3. Tales of the grim sleeper
• Direct address is used throughout this documentary. Direct address is
when the person on screen is talking directly to the camera about an
event. This technique allows the audience to feel more included in
the documentary as the person being filmed is talking to them. If I
was to use this in my documentary I would like to include a caption of
the interviewee to make it more understandable to the audience and
allow them to create an idea of characters.

4. Tales of the grim sleeper
• In this shot taken from the grim sleeper, it shows a high angle looking
down onto events. It is also taken from a CCTV camera, as you can tell
from the quality and the date and time in the bottom corner. This
creates the reality effect of the situation at hand. It is also good hard
evidence for the case. This is a shot that I really like and I think that I
will include it in my documentary.

5. Ross Kemp On Gangs
• The picture shown is one of the establishing shot of one of the
episodes of Ross Kemp on gangs. The opening scene shows Los
Angeles. Los Angeles is known as the gang capital of the world
because of how many gangs are situated there. The shot shows the
whole city, this makes the audience aware that there are gangs over
the whole of Los Angeles. As the lighting in this shot is quite dark as
the sun sets, it helps create a tense mood and the idea of danger for
the audience.

6. Ross Kemp On Gangs
• Here Kemp uses direct address to talk about a gang that he is just
about to go and visit. In it he stresses the dangers that he is going to
come under from being around them, and as he is talking and looking
right into the camera it allows the audience watching the
documentary to feel and understand the danger of the situation. This
is a technique that I will want to include in my documentary as it
creates the audience interaction that I want my audience to feel.

7. Ross Kemp On Gangs
• This over the shoulder shot is creating the sense of power from the
individual. Not only is the label “sheriff” shown on his back, but the
camera man is following close behind him. This has started the idea
that he has authority even to the camera crew as they are the ones
following him and not having them lead the way. This is an aspect
that I may decide to incorporate into my documentary if I want to
create authority within in it, if I do use it, it will probably be with a
member of the emergency services, such as a police officer.