1. Type of Documentary - This type of documentary is mixed as it contains archive footage and
interviews.
Themes – The main themes within the documentary are rock’n’roll, explosion of punk and
rebellion.
Narrative – The narrative is linear and portrays the story of the photographer Bob Gruen, and
how he became a popular photographer in the music industry. At the beginning Bob starts off
as a freelance photographer, then starts to do lots of work with bands. By the end we find out
Bob stopped working with bands because eventually they split up.

2. Camerawork – Talking head shots are used many
times in the documentary as well as close ups of
peoples faces. Bobs photographs are also shown
on screen and are used as cutaways whilst an
interview is on-going. The camerawork remains
pretty much the same throughout the
documentary, by showing Bobs photographs to
the audience whilst an interviewee is talking
creates an image of Bobs journey in the
audiences heads.
Mise En Scene – Many still images of Bobs
photographs are used as well as many
different settings are also used such as café’s,
clubs and studios. This portrays the rock and
roll life style of chilling out, having fun and
making music. The bands and artists shown
in the documentary are also wearing the rock
and roll fashion e.g. tight jeans, no shirt, long
hair etc.

3. Editing – Constant cuts to pictures of the bands that were relative to the voiceover of the
interviewee’s created a picture of what the voiceover was talking about. Simple cuts and zooms
in and out of photos created a simple but effective story for the audience. Film strips were also
used to cut to another part of the documentary.
Sound – Non diegetic rock music can be heard in the background to give the documentary the
feel and style of Rock and Roll. The non
diegetic music was often the band that was
being talked about on the documentary.
There was no narrator however diegetic
sound of interviewee’s talking created a
picture of what Bobs journey was like.

4. Archive footage – Lots of archive footage was used in the documentary, mainly pictures of the
bands that were taken by Bob and used as cutaways for interviews. The pictures related to what
the interviewee would be talking about and helped create a visual narrative for the audience.
Graphics – No graphics were used apart from an animated film strip which helped cut to a
different part of the documentary. The film strip relates to how cameras used to take pictures
back in the time the documentary explores, therefore the strip is relevant to Bobs older
photography days.