Codes and Conventions
Documentary Genre
THEMES
All of the themes in the documentaries which I have been analysing have all been suited to the documentary which is being represented for example the “superpower for hire”, a documentary which I have analysed shows the themes of the PMC very well throughout using things like sound, whether it be diegetic or non diegetic and by also using the mise-en-scene.
NARRATIVE STRUCTURE
In the documentaries the narrative structure appears to be one which is very similar as in the documentaries I analysed the major narrative structures which were used are Circular narrative and single strand. Both of these structures are used in basically all of the documentaries.
CAMERAWORK
MISE-EN-SCENE
In the documentaries I have been analysing I notice that in most of these the mise-en-scene is a large part of the documentary as it can be something which can keep the viewer entertained for example documentaries which have interviews which are shot perhaps on set in a studio rather than in the field this means that they may include a green screen behind them which may be showing either a still background or a moving image. Another thing which is a big focus of the mise-en-scene is the code of attire. The code of attire which is used in documentaries is there for some of the same reasons as the chroma key.
Russian Gold Diggers
Superpower for Hire
The Rise And Fall of the Roman Empire
SOUND
In the different documentaries the sound I analysed varies quite a lot for example in all the documentaries they use sound in all different ways but also in the same ways at times. For example they use diegetic sound for the interviews at times but then in others we will be shown a clip or image and the interview will be going on behind that. The diegetic sound can also be good for the ambient sound for example in the PMC documentary we here things like... In the background but so do all of the people in the documentary, it directly interacts with the people taking place in the documentary. The non diegetic sound also plays quite a large role for example in the documentaries the narrator plays a major role and is also used very often in most of the documentaries I have analysed.