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2. TYPE OF DOCUMENTARY
MIXED DOCUMENTARY
Off screen voiceover
interviews
Archive footage
THEMES
Literature
Film
Myth
Truth
NARRATIVE STRUCTURE
Single stranded
Non-linear

3. CAMERAWORK
This shot is a medium close up which takes place at the
beginning of the documentary, giving a brief outline to the
documentary.
With the shot being in black and white it goes with the
theme throughout the documentary as black and white is a
recurring colour.
SHOT TYPES
This is a cutaway when a interviewee is speaking. This pans up
the diagram of the human body, so as the interviewee is
speaking this gives a little more insight to what they are
talking about.
This establishing shot sets the scene for where the famous
events take place in one of the Frankenstein films.

4. INTERVIEWS
This interview set up is conventional as it follows the rule of
thirds. As the conventions of a interview set up is that the
shot type is usually a medium close up or a close up, and
the interviewee isn’t looing directly at the camera.
This interview isn’t as conventional as there is two people
within the frame and the shot types are different as these
types are medium shots, and the interviewee is looking at the
camera.
This interview set up is also conventional although the shot
type is medium shot not that close up. But other than that it
follows the conventions; rule of thirds and not directly looking
at the camera.

5. MISE-EN-SCENE
The setting of this interview is In what looks like a science
museum and the interviewee is a Historian of Science, with
the location of the interview this then reflects the point being
made by the historian of Science.
The location of this interview set up is in what
looks like the rehearsal room for the Frankenstein
play, which they are both acting in.
The clothing that they are wearing is rather casual
and isn’t set up like they are going to be in an formal
interview, so they would just wear what they usually
wear as they would more than likely be practicing in
those clothes.

6. SOUND
Non-diegetic sound within the documentary occurs when a
voice over which is telling the preface of Frankenstein – giving
an insight into it.
Off screen voice over narrator has been used throughout the
whole documentary to illuminate the illustrations shown.
This screen grab is taken whilst a male, not the narrator, is telling a story. This
sound on this image is non diegetic as an off screen narrator is talking over
the background.
This screen grab is taken as non diegetic sound has also been
used. The music that has been placed in the scene sets the mood
to being dark. A narration has also been included and the music is
still in the back of the frame – so the effect has been the same
throughout this part.

7. EDITING The pace of editing throughout this documentary is slow. This creates a dark effect which is portrayed
though the visuals.
These three screen grabs come right before the main title with the idea of Montage Editing. This then gives the audience an in sight
to what happens within this documentary. With the use of the fire and electricity it is relevant to what is happening within and the
middle image Mary’s “lover” so this shows that there will be a bit of him mentioned.
Within the documentary there is the use of cutaways
quite frequently during interviews.
This screen grab is an example of a cutaway during a
interview with Danny Boyle, a director, who is talking
about a play that he is directing. The use of the cutaway
illuminates the idea which Danny Boyle is discussing.

8. ARCHIVE MATERIAL
This screen grab of some archive footage of Mary Shelley’s
“lover” illuminates the idea of the time that it was taken in. Also
with the footage being in black and white it shows that it is rather
dated.
This screen grab of some more archive footage is added when
someone during an interview is talking. This image illuminates
what the interviewee is saying, providing exposition.
On this print screen the way the image is also in black and
white shows the age of the film, 1931. The graphics on this
image show what film it is from, the date and producer.
With the footage of the slaves this portrays the time in which it was
written in and also illuminates the idea of how at the time of slavery,
when Frankenstein was written, it reflects slavery and what it was
like at the time.

9. GRAPHICS
The title screen of the documentary gives it the gothic effect in
the way that the background image is dark and with the use of
the lightning – which connotates electricity which is used within
Frankenstein to bring him alive. The font for the title itself is
distorted and looks like it is put together, just like Frankenstein.
The graphics on this image is the name of the woman who had written the
original Frankenstein. As she had written it a very long time ago there
wouldn’t be any images of her – so a portrait of her has been used to show
who Mary Shelley is.
The graphics on this page show the audience clips of
various different versions Frankenstein that have been re
enacted and preformed again.