This documentary analyzes the phenomenon of wealthy families hiring personal assistants and nannies. It uses a mixed narrative structure with multiple storylines to give insights into both the lives of the rich families and their employees. Camerawork includes long shots to show connections between nannies and children, as well as close-ups during interviews. A variety of sounds are used, like orchestral music for upper-class scenes and banjo for a bodyguard. Graphics clearly identify interviewees and editing employs straight cuts for a fast-paced narrative.

1. Too Posh to Parent-
Documentary Analysis
By Adam Wareing

2. AgenciesTypes of personal assistance Finding the right
Nanny personal lives of the nannies Security issues
Security nannies Education tutors
Final Exposition
Narrative Structure
Documentary Type: Mixed
Narrative Structure Type: Multi stranded

3. Long shots- This shows the connection between
the nannies and the children with them holding
hands, connoting the positivity of the
employment
Camerawork
Close up: used to juxtapose the ordinary
looking assistant with the rich woman’s
earrings (second slide)
Hand held camera: This is used to allow the
viewer to feel as if they are gaining a real, and
not staged, insight into the lives of the nannies
and the rich families
Fixed camera-Medium close up: It allows the
audience to concentrate on the comments and
facial expressions of the interviewee rather
than their surroundings

4. Music played on a banjo when the
audience and introduced to a child
bodyguard matches his working class
surroundings and juxtaposes the
sophisticated music related to the rich
family.
SoundsHigh pitched orchestra
music: This music is
typically symbolic of the
upper class and matches
the large houses on
screen
Interviewees are credited with their name and relevance
to the documentary to give contextual information to
the audience, the font is simple and colour, white to not
detract attention from the comments made
Graphics
Editing
Straight cuts are used throughout the documentary due to the fast paced nature of it’s narrative.
It is not dealing with issues too serious and so does not require reflective transitions such as fades.
A well known female with a
friendly voice is the
voiceover. This provides a
maternal voice to the
documentary and provides
statistics that link the
stands of the narrative
This is the only archive
footage in the documentary
suggesting the industry is
modern and new to society!