2. Type of documentary
• Marketing meatloaf is all about the comeback
of meatloaf and how his marketing team
achieved this. It Is a mixed documentary asd it
has lots of archive footage voice over and
interviews
3. Themes
• The themes of the documentary are,
meatloaf's personal life, his fall and rise again
to fame through marketing and the power of
the celebrity image.
4. Narrative
• The begging of the documentary is based
around the celebrity image and meatloaf, it
starts out with an award ceremony in which
meatloaf performs, it then goes on about the
re-invention of meatloaf. The middle is the
faal of meatloaf and what caused it and then
his rise. The end is based on Christmas
number ones and how important they can be
to a singer in boasting there image in the
public eye
5. Camera work
• There were many different types of camera work
and camera shots used in this documentary.
There was handheld cams that followed meatloaf
around on the set of his music video, there was
also lots of close ups on meatloaf. They also used
archive footage clips of the finished music video
alongside the video being made so the viewer
can see how the making of it changes to a final
cut. There is also footage of meatloaf performing,
this is shot at a low angle and shows the power of
meatloaf. There is also over shoulder footage of
executives round a table discussing meatloaf .
6. Mise en scene
• The mise en scene is representative of the
strategy's used by the music industry. We see
behind the scenes footage of meatloaf and we
go on journey with him through his re-
invention of his image and his rise back into
stardom. Green screens are used during
interviews and music related images and
images of meatloaf are put on the green
screen during interviews.
7. Sounds
There is a male voice over at the start and dotted
throughout. There is also diegetic sound like the
sound of meatloafs fans, there is a sound of heart
beats in certain parts that build up tension.
Meatloafs music is also dominent oyver the
documentary.
