This documentary uses interviews and a voiceover to explore themes of 9/11, crime, America, terrorists, and government. It has a closed, non-linear narrative structure and employs editing techniques like cutting out interviewer questions. Shots alternate interviewees on the right and left sides with bottom text, and archive footage illustrates events discussed.

1. Documentary Analysis

2. Type of Documentary
• This is a mixed documentary with interviews
and a voice over

3. Themes
• The themes in this documentary are;
• 9/11
• Crime
• America
• Terrorists
• Government

4. Narrative Structure
• This documentary has a closed narrative
structure and is also a non linear documentary

5. Shot types
• Interviewees are positioned to the right with
writing on the bottom left hand side
• Sometimes this is reversed and the
interviewees are positioned on the left and
the writing is on the bottom left

6. Editing
• Editing is used within the documentary and
this cuts out the interviewer asking the
questions and the audience just hear the
answers
• There are basic straight cuts used throughout

7. Sound
• Voiceover – standard English (American)
• Music is used at times to show how dramatic
at situation is that they are talking about

8. Graphics
• There are graphics used to show peoples
names and job roles
• Credits are used at the end of the
documentary and are used in the traditional
way

9. Archive Material
• Archive material is used to show events that
interviewees talk about, for example;
• 9/11
• News reports