The Devil Made Me Do It - Public Enemy No.1

Type of Documentary:
Mixed.

Themes:

Devil, Worship, Murder, Crime, Religion, Culture, Investigation, Youth, Society, Power of the Media.

Narrative Structure:

Open Narrative Structure- exploring motivation behind the structure.

Non Linear- goes back to the nuns funeral.

Camerawork:

Interviews- close up, medium, close up from left to right of screen, low angles on Marilyn Manson which makes him appear visually powerful.

Eyeline has to be third of the way down.

Two shot- couple sat on couch, point of view shot of police inspector. Close up of face. Lots of stock footage- Churches, Religious, Iconography, Bell Towers, I crosses.

Low/High angle (creatively filmed)

Tracking, panning, zoom, crane, establishing shots used to establish the location.

Point of view of a fan in the crowd at gigs.

Mansons press conference shows the camera observing.

Birds eye view of the grave yard.

Mise-en-scene:

Clip of police officer on table, low angle shot- creatively constructed.
Focused on the most outrageous Marilyn Manson fans. Lighting (most important)

Stock footage- very dark but there is a deep orange glow. Low angle of Manson- dark lighting adds to his image- half dark face/half light (connotations, saint or a sinner).

Visual image of a split personality.

Sound:

Voice over is the glue that holds the narrative together.

Voice over - male narrated, standard English- very calm in his delivery.

-Mansons music,

-Choral religious music.

-Sound effects used.

'I spend a lot more time talking to the kids, than they do.'

Editing:

-Stock footage.

-Priest being called to the train: don't see the interview at all.

Audio is shown whilst he is driving along a dark empty road looking tired. This connotes that he has been affected by it.

-Use images to tell the story- i.e when describing telephone conversation - image of telephone.

-Editing in sound effects on confession to infer story.

-Nuns heartbreak in the background- goes faster, then slower, then to a stop.

*door closing, whispering, dog barking, banging, slamming, church bell*

Archive Material:

-News footage of different events.

-Italian TU talkshow.

-American TU coverage.

-Websites.

-Newspapers.

-Still images- self harming girls.

-Various Manson concerts.

Graphics:

-White Sans Serif Font- name of person. Relevance to the topic of documentary.

^ anchors the meaning of the Gothic and Stylised title.

Dates and locations- white text: close the narrative of trial- credits: strolling conventionally up-screen.