1. 24 Hours in A & E is an Docusoap because it follows a person/group in a certain occupation,
in this case Doctors and Nurses in the King College Hospital in central London.
2. There is the
common use of
cut-aways during
interviews to give
east the
interview and
help visualize the
situation and cut
the interview
shorter.
There is also a fade used every time the titles role up to
reveal the cinematography.
There are
cuts used,
which are
a standard
in
document
aries and
are used a
lot in 24
hours in A
& E
There is also a montage at
the beginning of the
documentary to give an
idea of what is to be
revealed.
Some of it is
fast-paced
too, reflecting
the hospital
life
3. Medium Close ups used
during interviews. And set
up within the rule of thirds.
Some parts hand
held, standard of a
documentary, this
gives it a more
realistic feel to it.
A lot of the documentary is filmed
from high angles, which shows a lot of
observational footage of the hospital
rather than producerts interfering
and affecting the outcome.
4. 24 hours and A & E is multi stranded as it follows
many stories, Often about 3 or 4 different
situations and interviewing family members and
victims.
It is a closed
documentary
as all your
unanswered
questions are
answered at
the end in a
text overlay
on a black
screen.
It is also a
Linear
documentary,
telling the
stories in order.
5. The main themes of this documentary was the A&E aspect, family (love) shown through
interviews and injuries attained from the accidents
love
Family
A&E
Hospitals
6. The main sound used is the Heart Monitor beeping sound which fits into the theme.
There is little narration used as the observational footage and the voices of the
interviewee’s are used to explain the exposition.
7. There is no real archive footage in this documentary, however the documentary makers have
been known to grab resources in other episodes with situations that have been on the news
or been recorded on a phone.
8. The
background
behind the
interviewee
’s are often
their own
home, this
gives the
impression
of a
personal life
outside of
the
hospital.
The people working in the hospital are wearing scrubs etc, showing
their working life and giving the real life aspect to it.
In the
hospital,
different
rooms
including
that of the
staff room.
9. The time of different incidents where displayed in a faded effect
In the some font and colouring as the title.
Used as a text
overlay for the
title.
Also used for the
names of
interviewee’s,
occupations of
the staff and
relationships to
the people who
have been
injured.
