2. Mixed documentary
The undateables is a mixed documentary as it uses
narration, observation and interviews. The voice over
throughout explains who the person is and their
disability. This adds to the impact it has on the
audience and the interviews allow the audience to
know how they are feeling and why they find it hard
to go on dates.
3. Themes
The themes for the undateables are’
Dating
Love
Relationships
Disabilities
Single people
lonely
4. Narrative structure
The undateables is a linear documentary which
means it is in chronological order, this means that
the audience can understand easily what is going on
and because the documentary is closed, it answers all
the questions and leaves the audience of full
knowledge. The documentary is multi strand which
makes the audience more interested and shows a lot
of people who find it hard to date people due to
disabilities, this makes the audience feel pathos for
them and realise that not every is as lucky to have
found someone they love.
5. Camera work
There are lots of close-ups throughout the
documentary to show the emotions of the people.
When they are lonely and talking about not having
dates, the audience can see from their expression
that they are upset about this and want it to change,
however, when they start going on dates they become
happier and the audience can see this and feel happy
for them. This makes the audience stay tuned to see
what happens.
6. There are also lots of interviews which contain
medium close-ups, this also allows us to see the
emotions of the person and how they are feeling. It
creates pathos for them and allows us to
understand how they are feeling. The emotions are
linked to what they are saying in the interviews
which gives the audience a true insight of their
lives and how they are coping with their disability
and love life.
7. Mise en scene
Setting:
The setting is mostly homes at the beginning as they
are explaining how lonely they are feeling, also their
work environment so the audience can see what their
jobs are. However as the documentary progresses,
the setting changes to dates in cafe’s, restaurants and
this links to how the people are feeling and then
makes the audience feel happy for them.
8. Costume:
The costume throughout is casual so that we can get
a glimpse of the persons personality, until they
start going on dates, then they dress up and put an
effort in, this shows how much they want to go out
and have a relationship. It shows that all people
deserve to be happy and how people shouldn't
judge others by what they look like.
9. Props:
The props throughout are medical equipment for if
the person is severely disabled, other than that the
props used are normal every day objects from
home or work, this represents how they deal with
everyday objects and nothing is ever new to them
however, this is all soon to change when they start
going on dates and maybe gain a relationship.
10. Movement and expression
At the beginning, the people are lonely and sad as they
live on their own, don't have any dates and don't get
out much, however, when they start going on dates
and go out more meeting new people, they begin to
become happier. This is all shown through their
expressions throughout and their movement from
one place to another, and how this movement can
effect their emotion dramatically.
11. Editing
The editing is very fast paced and there are many
jump cuts at the beginning. There are lots of captions
throughout informing the audience of peoples names
so that they become more personal and this lures the
audience in and makes them want the person to be
happy and do well getting dates.
12. Sound
Throughout the documentary there are sections with
non diagetic sound, EG. Music. This music connotes
the emotions of the people. As they are sad and
lonely at the beginning, the music is slower and
quieter however at the end the music increases both
in volume and pitch. Also throughout there is lots of
voiceovers that explains the image shown and
reinforces the message. It tells us the peoples
disability and the names of people. This creates more
pathos for the person and the audience becomes
sympathetic.
