2. Camera Work
• This documentary uses a close up, over the shoulder view and focus
pull in left third of the presenter to begin to introduce him.
Aesthetically pleasing city background and stylistic focus pull.
• A low angle mid shot which reveals the presenters face.
• Cinematographic extreme close up of the presenter playing the piano.
Angelic looking, sophisticated artificial lighting-soft and professional
style.
3. • Cut between two short takes: extreme close-up and high angle
extreme wide shot.
• Zoom cleverly framed by appropriate tyre play equipment. Shot of
school as he said ‘school’ in the voiceover.
• Framing between playground equipment, wide shot of main setting
for documentary to introduce, back to non diegetic voice over.
• High angle wide shot of an escalator going upwards in time with the
voiceover saying ‘up and down the country’.
4. Graphics
• The title of the documentary fades in, written in house style font in
vertical layout. Muted greyscale colour scheme for this simple
extreme close up. Out of focus with lens flare in the left third to focus
on the title in the right third. Being cinematographic style, this links to
the shot ‘music’ and piano keys.
• Hashtag for the documentary to generate audience participation
though social media discussion and below the line online advertising.
Still of high angle extreme wide weather shot along with a view of the
city which the documentary is based in.
5. Interviews
• Mid shot of the interviewees in the same location, alternating
between right third and left third. Name edited onto shot in the
documentary’s house style font. Background soft and out of focus to
bring attention to interviewees.
• Voiceover from the interviewee followed by a very similar interview
style mid shot in appropriate school setting. It is also an appropriate
interviewee as she is one of the subjects for the investigation.
6. • Capturing similar actions of opening and turning instrument cases
using different angles tracking, mid shot, close ups. Which makes the
documentary flow and the similar shot takes build tension by
repetition.
• Mid shot of the presenter with the diegetic voiceover to reveal the
source of it. Sitting in a relaxed interview style room- his opinion
being interviewed. Appropriate props which relate the documentary
investigation based on schools and music, desks books journal.
Background soft, similar light colour tones, muted and out of focus ;
aesthetically pleasant and docuses audiences attention on the
presenter. Long medim shot take. The costume is simple and
represents the theme slightly- setting free creativity of music.
7. • Action match of children reacting to the sound of an orchestra, mid shot. This explains why the investigation
is important by including positive reactions to music by children. Lots of tracking as the experiment parts of
the documentary are less scripted and documentaries generally do not have lots of camera filming at once
unlike films as they are produced on a much smaller scale. Therefore, different shots and angles are less
planned and usually filmed by 1-2 cameras, and following the subject by simple tracking is most important.
