1. Dying for a bargain.
Analysis of a documentary.

2. Type of Documentary:
• This documentary is an Mixed documentary as
it includes; archive footage, interviews, and
narration.

3. Themes within the documentary:
• The themes within this documentary are how
cheap clothing is produced and the risks
involved for the workers that create cheap
clothing.

4. Narrative Structure:
• Beginning: At the start of the documentary we
find out about the clothing industry and what
risks and working conditions the works are in.
• Middle: During the middle of the documentary
we see what the Uks priorities are when it comes
to the conditions of how clothes are produced in
Bangladeshi.
• End: Towards the end of the documentary we see
how the Uk retailers react to the conditions that
there clothes are being produced in.

5. Camera Work:
• Medium close ups are used for interview
footage.
• There are parts of this documentary which are
filmed in handheld when they are filming
undercover.
• A tilt shot is used at the start of the
documentary showing a collapsed building
that clothing was being produced in.

6. Mise-en-scene:
• All of the interviews take place in relevent
locations during this documentary.
• At the start of the documentary the narrator is
talking to the camera and behind there is the
high street.
• The interviews that take place on this
documentary are recorded near when the
locals work and the factories that they work
in.

7. Sound:
• Narration is used thoughout this
documentary.
• Simple non-diegetic music is used as
background noise during the intro sequence
as well during montages of clips of the high
street.

8. Editing:
• Simple cuts are used though out this
documetnary.
• A montage is included at the start with clips of
people shopping and walking down the high
street to set the theme of the documentary, A
clip is also sped up during the montage to
show the amount of people that shop.

9. Archive Material:
• Archive material of clothing adverts is used to
show how the UK companies market the
clothes that are produced in 3rd world
countries.
• Also archive footage of one of the building on
fire is used to show the devastation caused by
poor working conditions and the risks
involved.

10. Graphics:
• Simple plain white graphics are used during
the title screen.
• Subtitles are also used (White text, on black
background) when foreign people are
speaking so the audience can understand
what the are saying.