Documentary Analysis

Title of programme; "The Devil Made Me Do It"
Channel; 4
Type of documentary; Expository using the "voice of god", and images to illustrate the voice.
Audience; Is not a mass audience, niche target audience as it has serious messages. The audience is encouraged to feel shocked throughout.
Themes; Serious tone about death so it would be shown after the watershed at about 10pm because of the language, images and messages being portrayed.
Narrative Structure; Starts with Marilyn Manson and his fans showing us archive footage and interviews of him and his concerts. Then went onto the death of a nun, this sets off an enigma code because we don't know how Marilyn Manson and the nun are connected. After this we find out about the 3 girls that killed the nun. 13 minutes into the documentary a connection is made and the enigma code is answered with a voice over. The interviews within the documentary are both informal and formal to show the status of different people, also each part in this documentary is split up into segments. At the end it gives us a conclusion and tells us what happens to close the narrative.
Camerawork; Handheld camera work in the wood makes it seem more realistic, and makes us feel like we are the girls going into the woods. Handheld camera shot out of the courts help us to understand it's real elements, how frantic it was as a decision was not made and to help the camera move.
Mise en scene; Background as a book shelf to show he is serious also with religious references to the Vatican by the poster (close up of Marco Politi - Italian Reporter). The phone box shot is dark and scary to relate to the voice over also to communicate the death creating a sense of drama. The mise en scene changes to show the difference in status for example; the detectives mise en scene is serious and dark whereas, with the girl's friends the atmosphere is more laid back as if they don't care as one is smoking and one is laying down on the bed, there is three in a shot together showing their not as important.
Sound; Expository voice over which is a male authoritative voice as it could connote a more serious tone to the target audience. The sympathetic, gentle music was chosen to signify how we feel. The church bells establish the shot at a high angle to create a new sequence/segment. The phone ring works well with the mise en scene as it creates a spooky atmosphere. There was a heartbeat and sound of stabbing over the translated confessions to create a sense of the murder.
Editing; Straight shots to connote the serious tone of it, and the interviews with cutaways to illustrate what the voice overs are talking about. E.g. when the voice over says "Praying" there is an image of a coffin.
Archive Material; Video footage of place and the funeral for the nun. Marilyn Manson footage of his concerts and his videos.
Graphics; Opening credits are black and white and stereotypical typeface with crosses on. The dark background signifies the music genre and the font always stays the same throughout.