The documentary "Picturing Punk" focuses on photographer Bob Gruen and charts his journey through the 1970s-1980s music scene. It includes interviews with artists like Blondie and Iggy Pop about the themes of photography, rock music, and fashion during that era. The documentary has a linear narrative structure told from Gruen's perspective. It utilizes archive photos and footage as well as talking head interviews with a shallow depth of field. The mise-en-scene considers the clothing and lighting used during the interviews to represent the personalities of the artists. Non-diegetic music plays in the background to accompany the dialogue.

1. Type Of Documentary: The Rock And Roll
Exposed - Picturing Punk is a self reflective
documentary, it also includes a voice of god
narrative.
Themes: There are a few different themes
throughout, mainly focusing on photography
and iconography. Another main focus is
music especially rock culture and fashion and
trends. It is based roughly around the 70's
and 80's music industry and includes a lot of
information about the most famous musical
artists from that period of time.
Narrative Structure: The Picturing Punk
documentary has a linear structure as it
charts the journey of the photographer and
also it talks about the people he meets, the
story is told from his perspective which is
also reinforced by other figures from the
70's/80's music industry including interviews
from artists such as Blondie, Alice Cooper an
Iggy Pop.

2. Camera Work: As the documentary is mainly about photography there is a lot of
archive footage of old photographs, to display these images the camera zooms in
and out to fit the images onto the screen better and so that you get a clear view of
all areas of the images. There are a lot of talking head shots in the interview
footage which also has a shallow depth of field. The main focus of the
documentary is Bob Gruen so in interviews he was shot with two cameras giving a
range of medium and long shots.
Mise En Scene: The mise en scene of all of the interviews are generally set with
dark, low key lighting although it does change depending on the artist being
interviewed, for example when Alice Cooper was being interviewed there was a
colourful backdrop which could have been used to represent him as a person and
his personality and also in a few of Bob Gruen's interviews there were colourful
lights being used in the background. The mise en scene was also considered with
the clothing some of the interviewees as the story being told was about a
controversial t-shirt and then the person being interviewed was wearing the tshirt.

3. Sound: There was a number of different non-diegetic songs being played behind the
interviews, it synchronised with the bands playing and talking as it was their own songs
being used in the background. There were cross dissolves between the different tracks
being played and the music levels changed to accommodate the dialogue. There was a
sequence of sounds in the documentary which went from the music track to a sound bridge
and then to the dialogue.
Editing: There were a lot of still images so there was a lot of zooms in and out over the
images. The transitions of images were with a superimposition montage which included a
lot of flashes and sparks which could represent the technique of photography and the
flashing of a camera.
Archive Material: The archive material included a lot of old photographs and videos which
were shown in black and white, as the documentary was based around photography there
was a lot of archive footage.
Graphics: There was minimal graphics in the documentary, they fit their purpose to show all
of the names of the artists being interviewed, and it was in a standard basic, Arial font with
static graphics.
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