This documentary aired on Channel 4 and uses a mixed format including interviews, narration, archive footage, and voiceovers. It examines the themes of Mary Shelley, the controversy surrounding her work, and how representations of her have changed over time. The narrative structure is non-linear with a single storyline and an open ending. It utilizes close-ups, establishing shots, and cutaways in a fast-paced editing style that incorporates music, sound effects, and voiceovers alongside interviews and archival materials.

1. Broadcast on: Channel 4

2. Type of Documentary
Mixed: includes interviews, narration, archive material and voiceover

3. Themes
• Mary Shelley
• Controversy
• Different versions from
different people
• How the representation
changed over time

4. Narrative Structure
Non-linear, single strand, open ending

5. Camerawork
• Close ups
• Big close ups
• Extreme close ups
• Head and shoulder shots during interviews
• Low angle
• Cut away

6. Mise-en-scene
• Mountain shots
• People interviewed in relevant places
• Shots of scientific observations

7. Sound
• Music playing during interviews
• Gig music
• Sound effects
• Voiceover

8. Editing
• Fast paced
• Range of shots used
• Montages
•Cut to merge into someone else’s voice

9. Archive Materials
• Films
• Paintings of Mary Shelley
• Pages from writing the book

10. Graphics
• Peoples name and occupations in plain text
• Date of film and film title