5. + The people in
documentary…
This documentary shows all types of
people, from different backgrounds
and different ages. This is to get an
general idea of what everyone thinks
of Mondays. It is does not have a
specific target audience which allows
the short film to be watch by all as
what people say in this documentary
might be similar to how you feel
about Monday.
6. +
Camera techniques
These are some camera techniques that were shown in Mondays:
0:01 The film starts off with an Establishing shot of Salford and shows
us that the time is early morning and the film is going to be shot in a city
location.
The next shot (0:08) is an extreme wide shot which shows an building
that has the location of where the film was shot.
At 0:13 the composition of the person in the shot talking shows us it is a
Noddy shot showing us the environment and the subject. Shallow depth
of field so that you can only focus on the person speaking.
0:20 A medium close-up of the subject standing in front of the camera
not speaking with a voice over, so that you either focus on his voice or
the person, allowing you to engage more to the documentary. At 0:21 it
cuts to a close up of the subjects face allowing us to concentrate only on
the subject.
At 0:36 close-up of another person that cuts some of the subjects face
allows you to concentrate on the subjects eyes. Known as a cut-in
7. +
Camera techniques
0:53 another cut in of another person , but only focusing on the subjects mouth.
The different camera techniques for people indicates that everyone is different
and what they feel about a certain day maybe different to another person
1:08 a two person shot of two college students
1:15 a Noddy shot of a person laughing and is repeated at 2:06 and 2:35, makes
the documentary light-hearted and humorous at the same time.
1:17 to 1:19 the camera is a little bit unsteady, this shot could be hand-held or
they were trying to balance the camera on the tripod.
At 1:37 a long shot of two people and is different to the previous shots as all of
them had shallow depth of field, so they want us to focus on the two subjects
and the environment .
At 2:08 a high angle shot of the subject showing us a different perspective of a
person this could represent people are unalike and can have different thoughts
and opinions should have different camera techniques to show people as
individuals.
8. +
Camera techniques
At 2:13 there is a voice over talking about the economy and
money situation and a close-up of a man’s , he looks tired
and shows us that for some people days are stressful for
different types of reasons.
2:17 Low angle shot of the subject
2:31 a mid-shot of the a young boy, shows the environment
and what the subject is wearing.
12. +
Sound
The short film has a diegetic and non diegetic sound
throughout the whole documentary.
When a person is talking it is clear.
Voice overs on top of shots of a person looking at the camera
with the voice speaking. Allows you to concentrate on the
voice and not the image of the person.
The music was relaxing and calm appropriate for a Monday
morning and didn’t clash with the people speaking this is to
change the mood of the short film making it light-hearted and
enjoyable to watch.
