2. Type Of Document ar y
Thi s Document ar y i s a Mi xed
Document ar y as i t cont ai ns
Ar chi ve Foot age, A r ange of
el ement s t hat suppor t t he
opi ni ons, Nar r at i on and
I nt er vi ews.
3. Theme
The t heme of t hi s Meat Loaf
Document ar y i s mai nl y about
musi c as a whol e but al so
cont ai ns f act or s of t he
Awar ds Cer emony' s and how
Musi c i s Mar ket ed acr oss t he
wor l d.
Meat Loaf di d a l ot of
pr omot i onal wor k f or hi s
al bums so i t coul d get hear d
acr oss t he whol e wor l d, t hi s
may of cost hi m a l ot of t i me
and money but as we see i t
makes hi s t r acks get hear d.
4. Sound and Edi t i ng
Non Di eget i c sound was used
t hr oughout t he Document ar y
t hi s was of Meat Loaf s songs
whi ch wer e pl ayed i n t he
backgr ound of near l y ever y
seen.
The Di eget i c sound t hat we
hear d was f r om t he
i nt er vi ewee' s t al ki ng and i n
some cases Meat Loaf when he
was act i ng f or some of hi s
musi c vi deo scenes. We di d
not hear a Nar r at or i n t hi s
document ar y but t he
I nt er vi ewee' s of t en spoke
over t he cut aways whi ch what
t hey wer e sayi ng r el at ed t o
so Nar r at i on was not needed.
5. Nar r at i ve St r uct ur e
Ther e was a per son Nar r at i ng
over t he t op of t he
document ar y but al so t he
I nt er vi ewee' s wer e t al ki ng
over a l ot of t he cl i ps.
6. CAMERA WORK
Most of t he i nt er vi ewee' s
wer e shot t o one si de of t he
f r ame wi t h a bl ue scr een i n
t he backgr ound. I n one
sect i on of t he Document ar y we
see t hat t he camer a f l i ps one
of t he i nt er vi ewee' s f r om one
si de t o t he ot her whi ch i s a
bi g mi st ake t o make.
A shot of peopl e sat ar ound a
t abl e makes t hem l ook l i ke
i mpor t ant peopl e.
Ther e was l i ve concer t
f oot age whi ch gi ves us a
f eel i ng as i f we wer e t her e
at t he t i me exper i enci ng i t .
Panni ng shot acr oss t he hi gh
st r eet whi ch shows some of
t he mar ket i ng st r at egi es.
7. Mi se en scene
● Fi l mi ng t he f i l m of t he
vi deo.
● Fol l ows Meat Loaf s j our ney –
Awar ds Cer emony' s and behi nd
t he scene wi t h hi s f ans.
8. Ar chi ve f oot age
● Br i t Awar ds
● Gr ammy' s
● Meet and Gr eet
● Musi c Vi deos
● Mr Bl obby Vi deos
● YMCA Vi deos
GRAPHI CS
The Gr aphi cs wer e f ancy
compar ed t o most ot her
Document ar y’ s as t hey had a
vi deo r eal st yl e whi ch was
at t r act i ve.
