This documentary analyzes the film "The Devil Made Me Do It" which explores themes of good versus evil, religion, and disaffected youth through the lens of Marilyn Manson's music and culture. It uses a mix of interviews, archive footage from concerts and news reports, and graphics to tell a narrative about three girls who committed a crime and blamed Manson's influence without providing a clear conclusion. Cinematography like low key lighting, camera angles, and close ups are used to set a dark and powerful tone fitting the documentary's themes.

1. Documentary Analysis:
The Devil Made Me Do It

2. • Type of documentary: Mixed
• Themes of death, good vs. Evil, religion vs.
Satan vs. Christianity (Binary opposites),
disaffected youth, parenting and child
communication.
• Narrative structure of an open documentary
that has no conclusion.
The Devil Made Me
Do It

3. Mise-en-scene: Kids in
Marilyn Manson clothing
showing their appreciation
to his music and indentity.
Low key lighting presents
the mise-en-scene to be
dark and fit the
documentary of death,
good vs. evil, religion etc.

4. This is a form of archive
material in the
documentary.
The title ‘Don’t blame ‘goth’ culture for
tragedy’is a defence to Manson, again
creating a fear for those who think Manson
is to blame.

5. Direct address from
Marilyn Manson, with a
medium close up shot
of him.
From the medium close up shot we have of
Manson, the audience can see the background
behind him that the lighting is also dark and
reflects Manson’s identity. Also, Manson is
filmed at a low angle to present the power he
has.

6. Graphics
• Marilyn Manson lyrics.
• Subtitles.
• Details of the three girls and their sentences.
• Dates and locations.
• Title

7. Graphics of the title are
presented through the
mise-en-scene as dark and
the font is typical of a
documentary about
worshiping Satan, but also
blends into the dark
background it has with it.

8. This screenshot shows Manson in
concert, a point of view shot from the
audience is what we see.
Graphics of the subtitles
underneath the image show the
audience the lyrics Manson is
singing.

9. Graphics from the
end of the
documentary
showing the details
of the 3 girls and
their sentences for
their crime.
With this would have been sound of choral music
behind it to contrast with Manson’s music and to
create a fear for the audience.
Black background
presents the darkness of
the crime the girls
committed, and gives the
white font power.

10. Archive Material
• Footage from Manson’s gig
• Footage from the funeral.
• Manson’s music videos.
• Newspaper headlines.

11. Sounding with this would
have been choral music to
create a melancholic tone
to what is happening in the
screenshot.
The people presented in the image are not dressed
like Marilyn Manson and are a contrast to the
teenagers who idolise Manson. Their faces are
emotional and this creates fear for those.

12. This screenshot has a close up of the
face to present to the audience that
the death that happened was an
important issue and from her face you
can see how concerned she is.
From the location,
the background
looks professional
and gives the
audience relief that
this woman is in
knowledge of the
death.

13. Editing
• Cuts throughout.
• Voice overs.
• Zooming in for dramatic effect.