2. Japans Tsunami is a closed, linear, mixed
documentary, with a multi strand structure.
3. The majority of interviews used big close ups of the
interviews subject, meaning very little background
could be seen; some however did use medium shots
and their background was a simple block colour. The
technique of having a simple blank background is used
because the subject matter the person is talking about is
so shocking and interesting, the viewers attention
should be entirely on what is being said.
4. The entire interview was made up of
interviews and archive footage, so a lot of the
camera work seen was handheld
footage, recorded at the time of the tsunami by
the people being interviewed, who were
discussing it; other than this the only other
camera work was the medium shots and big
close ups used in the interviews.
5. The male voice over was only used overlaying archive
footage, describing chronologically the events that
happened during the period of the tsunami. Some of
the interviews sound was overlaid with the archive
handheld footage, describing from an eye witness
point of view the images onscreen. As some of the
people being interviewed only spoke Japanese, some
had translation voice overs, during their interviews.
6. Like most documentaries, simple cuts made up
the majority of the editing throughout;
however fades and fades to black were used
briefly, to add to the documentaries dramatic
effect.
7. The majority of the entire documentary was
made up of archive material, which consisted
of either handheld, point of view footage of the
tsunami, or news reports from around the
world about the event.
8. As with the majority of documentaries, the
only graphics used was a simple, white
font, used on interviews to show the name of
the person being interviewed and their
relevance to the documentary.
