2. One Born Every Minute is a Docudrama.
The documentary follows the lives of individuals as they
prepare to have a baby and during the birth of the child also .
The individuals being filmed are also aware of the fact that
there are cameras filming them.
Type of Documentary
3. CameraWork
Medium close ups/close ups are used in the
documentary when emotional situations are
happening. For example, when the woman is
giving birth and a close up of the husband’s
face is shown because he is crying.
High angle shots are used when the baby is
put on to the mother’s chest and also when
the midwives are travelling from room to
room.
Medium close ups are used in the interview
to portray the couple’s personality to the
audience. Medium close ups are also used
when interviewing the staff.
4. • New life
• Giving birth
• Background stories of the family/person who are having the baby
• Overcoming struggles through the birthing process
• Midwives
• Mothers
• Emotions
Themes
5. • The hospital is the setting for the documentary, establishing shots show
where it is taking place
• The interviews of the couples who are having the baby take place in their
own home as it is a familiar setting and could possibly make the audience
relate to them more as it is in a comfortable environment that can relate
to our own.
Mise-en-scène
6. • Voice of God narrative is used in the beginning of the program to give
information on the hospital where the season is taking place
• Non – diegetic sound is played during the transition to one family to
another and when families are being interviewed
Sound
7. • Questions are cut out of interviews so that the audience only sees the
replies of the questions, making the interviews more personal
• Fast pace of editing when it is a tense or emotional moment
Editing
8. • Names are shown in a normal text font at the bottom of the screen during
interviews, also their jobs are shown underneath the name in the same
font
• Title of the programme is shown at the start in a bigger font to show that
it is the name of the programme
Graphics
