2. Type
This documentary type would be labelled as mixed due to
its content consisting of three keys areas in a documentary;
interviews, observation and an narrator. Also this
documentary contains archive footage along with many
other key features to help structure a successful product.
3. Themes
There are many themes that are consistent throughout the
documentary. It subjects the horror genre of media and its
growing audience throughout the decades, how far the
original Frankenstein story has come throughout his aging
as it has been remade and performed in theatres, the movie
industry, myths and gothic styles of film. Mis-En-Scene is
used to illustrate this using props like dolls heads footage.
4. Camera
The rule of thirds is employed on the interviews within this
documentary allowing them to appear conventional to
viewers. There are many different shot types used to create
the final product using camera such as crabbing shots, a
crane shot and establishing shots to show landscapes. For
the interviews the conventional medium close up is used for
easy viewing of the interviewee.
5. Archive Footage
With in this documentary there is footage of rock bands,
footage from different eras in history showing how the story
has effected people and footage from certain remakes of the
original e.g. the theatre version. Lots of the archive footage
is black and white which allows connotations of the age of
Frankenstein so viewers understand how historic this story
is which adds to the narrative.
6. Narrative
The narrative of this documentary is single stranded as its
main focus is the story of Frankenstein and sub genres that
relate back to it. The structure of it however is linear as it
dabbles in both present day productions/interviews and
archive footage from past productions.
7. Editing
This documentary includes the use of montage in its editing.
There's are many clusters of archive footage strung together
to form a montage which allows the audience to grasp an
understanding of all the different versions of this story in a
short period of time. Also cuts from scene to scene occur
regularly, the use of a roll and b roll footage is employed
when an interview is taking placing and the scene cuts to
footage of the topic the interviewee is discussing.
8. Graphics
During interviews the credentials for the interviewee
usually appear upon the screen, regularly in the bottom right
or left corner. This allows the audience to gather
information such as the name of the person being
interviewed and their relevance to the subject.
9. Sound
There is both diegetic and non-diegetic sound employed in
this documentary for different purposes. In one slow pace
scene a piece of music from the rock genre begins to play in
order to direct the pace into a more busy/rapid scene. This
allows for a good flow throughout the documentary. Parallel
sound is also used. Also sound effects are inserted to
heighten some scenario e.g. a heartbeat sound effect was
edited in during a particularly intense scene.
