FRANKENSTEIN ANALYSIS

TYPE OF DOCUMENTARYThe type of documentary that Frankenstein: A modern myth is mixed documentary as throughout the documentary there is a selection of interviews, observation, archive footage and also a lot of narration

NARRATIVE STRUCTUREThe narrative structure in this piece is an Open documentary which shows signs of non-linear and single stranded structures

THEMESThe different themes in Frankenstein are:

GothicMusicMyth - mainTheatre - mainDramaFilmReligionPeriodFantasyScience - main

CAMERAWORKIn this particular documentary there are a-lot of different camera angles and lots of different shots that make the documentary complete, for example in the documentary the use of rule of thirds is used in the interviews as it shows more of a focused interview and the ways that portrays looking off into the distance on an angle instead of a straight on head shot. Another part of the camerawork that is used in Frankenstein is that a lot of the camera is used doing a close up and looking at body language and facial expressions to show the different emotion.

MISE EN SCENEThe Mise-en-scene can be broken down into six sections, these are costume, lighting, actors/actresses, makeup, props and setting. Throughout the documentary all of these things are demonstrated thoroughly. A part in the documentary which this can be demonstrated is when there is an interview taken place in a laboratory, the setting, the props indicate this scenery and the interviewee is reflecting the scenery due to her being a scientist herself

SOUNDThe sound in Frankenstein: A Modern Myth plays a big part on the way that the audience feels about the current situation, this can be portrayed by different backing tracks and extract from plays that support the interviews. Also by using a Voice of God narration it makes a better sense of information on the topic. But the difference in this voice of god narration is that there is not just one main voice its multiple voices. The other sounds on the documentary is the different sound effects that reflect the different themes topics throughout it all.

EDITING:

The editing used in the documentary are things like cutting clips where the editor doesn’t use the entire clip, this can be used mainly in interviews as using the whole interview can be seen as boring to the viewers, so whilst the interview takes place cutting away at the interview to show extracts keeps an audiences attention. Another editing technique that is spotted in Frankenstein is by looking again at the sound effects and how each of the sound effects create tension and reflects the mood and the atmosphere that the editor wants the audience to feel like.

ARCHIVE:The ways in which the archive is brought out in the documentary has been done a lot due to the major throwbacks to different films and shows different newspaper articles and flashbacks from different screenplays. This is done throughout the documentary due to the themes of period and theatre.

GRAPHICSThe different graphics used throughout the clip displays peoples name, occupation, location, title screen witch is related to the theme of clip.

REMINDER

Need to get images onto the powerpointsMake it look better with colour.