This documentary analyzes the British love affair with caravanning over different time periods through interviews and observational footage. It uses a non-linear narrative structure to provide context about laws and opinions on caravanning. Various camera techniques like establishing shots, handheld footage, and close-ups during interviews make the documentary entertaining while conveying information. Mise-en-scene elements like caravans, locations, and black and white footage set the time period. A female narrator provides facts and links topics together, while diegetic sounds of cars and digetic interview audio move the story along. Editing techniques and archive materials from different eras further immerse the viewer in the history of the British caravanning experience.

1. Caravan’s British Love
Affair
Documentary Analysis

2. Themes
Caravans through different time periods
Interviewees opinions on Caravanning
Laws and legislations

3. Narrative Structure
Non linear
Closed as it brings the audience
up to date with caravans
Single stranded

4. Camerawork
Establishing shots:
- Caravan park
- Roads
- Different locations
The establishing shots are
used to give the audience
understanding and context
There are lots of
different types of
shots in the
observational footage
to make it
entertaining and
provide information
There is a motion on the still photos to
add effect
There is hand held footage
which allows the film maker to
capture footage quickly
There are medium close
up and the rule of thirds
during the interviews

5. Mise-en-scene
Caravans:
- Interviews inside the
caravans
- They are often present as
they are the main topic
Flags:
- Shows location and
variety in locations
Locations:
- Establishing shot in Blackpool
which shows relevance and
meaning
Black and white footage:
- This footage shows how it
is not in the present day and
the footage has been
captured years ago

6. Sound
Non digetic sound:
- Music played over clips (this
acts as a sound bridge)
Non-digetic sound
Voice of God:
- Female
- Formal authoritative tone
- Knowledgeable
- Standard English
The voice of God is used to guide the
audience, give facts and info and also
drives the narrative and links topics
together.
Digetic sound:
- From the cars and caravans
on the road

7. Editing
Questions are edited out to create a flow, so
it looks like the interviewee is talking freely
Observational footage is used
to cover jump cuts (these are
called cut aways) such as the
clip of the caravan park to
cover up the jump cut.
The editing is used also to add to
the fast pace of the documentary
There are mainly straight cut transitions and flashing light
transitions (these are used as they link to how Kenny has had
a career in the spotlight)
When woman is talking about
cooking there is a clip of her
cooking edited in
The music in some scenes
cuts in beat with music

8. Archive Material
Pictures of interviewees from their
past
Clips from of caravan
parks (old and new)
Images of old
photos
Images of adverts for
caravans E.g. Sprite
Major)
Footage of people
driving caravans
Images of Sam Alper

9. Graphics
Title
Graphics in the interviews (name
and relevance)
The name will come first and will
be bigger then the relevance.
The title of the documentary comes on first at
the beginning and then comes on at the end.
Credits
Graphics also give extra information
E.g. place and time