Documentary Analysis: 9/11: State of Emergency

Title: 9/11: State of Emergency
Channel: four

Type of Documentary: Mixed

Themes:
loss and isolation
grief
Worry
The effect the tradgy had on ameica.

Narative Structure:
Non-linear
closed


Camera work:
extreme close up
fast pan of landscape
birds eye view
reconstruction
out of focus

Mise-en-scene:
interviews: left or right of screen, plain background
shot of whitehouse to show how important it was, and the power behind it.
a lot of scenes behind desks, and siloutes, to show the darkness of the emotion and the fact that they are working


Sound:
Voiceover: Male, standard english, calm and clear delivary
Sad music
Radio
soundbites
interview starts before footage
music bed played under interview

Editing:
flash of people who will be interviews
cut transistions used a lot
cut aways
freeze

Archieve Material:
Radio
peoples cries from the incident
people running from hte accident
footage of the incident
CCTV footage

Graphics
computerised title sequence, looks like it's being reported ona computer. crisis it shows the emergency.
white serif font- name, relavance- seem to be typed as the appear on screen.



If you want to watch the documentary click on the following link:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/911-state-of-emergency/4od#3121613