The story of the Marshall Amp

Type of documentary & Themes

- This is a mixed documentary which looks back on the life of the Marshall Amplifier.

- A theme of this documentary would be Rock Music

- Another theme would be amplifier history.

- This document includes all the 6 elements of mixed documentaries.

Narrative structure and Camera work

- The documentary is non linear which means it does not follow a specific time scale but does include achieve footage.

- It is single stranded as it focuses on the Marshall amplifier history.

- Rule of thirds applies during interviews which is very conventional.

- Camera is hand held for most scenes which is conventional

- Camera tilts when watching guitarist play a solo.- Zooms on still

images to pick out specific people.

- Panning shot used when looking through achieve photos.

Mise en scene

- Conventional interviews with relevant props in the background, these include guitars and sound stations.

- Working environment during interview as the background shows working to create the Marshall amps.

- Lots of observational footage of bands playing live.

- Clothing of bands suggest that they are in a rock band, this is relevant to the theme.

Sound and Editing

- Diegetic sound of guitars throughout documentary.

- Diegetic sound during interviews.

- Questions edited out which is conventional.

- Non diegetic guitar rifts changing per interviewee

- Fade transitions used.

Achieve material and graphics

- Footage of bands playing gigs in the past.

- Achieve interview with Jim Marshall

- Old Posters displaying the Marshall amplifier symbol.

- Graphics of interviewee’s name

- Graphics while showing achieve images, the background is a file which represents the history of marshall amps.