Documentary Analysis - The Devil Made Me Do It

Type of Documentary:

Observational documentary

Themes:

Murder

God/Religion

Antichrist

Music Influence

Crime and Punishment

Violence

Media Propaganda

Youth

Good Vs Evil

Narrative Structure:

Linear narrative - follows chronological events

Epic narrative - jumps via flashbacks

Camera Work:

Cutaways

Close up od rosery beads with greenery behind out of focus - remote - isolated

Close up of pictures

Mid close up of Marilyn Manson when being interviewed

Close up of hands praying

Mid shot of teenagers in cafe smoking

Handheld camera

Mid long shot of cross where the Nun was murdered

Establishing shot of Marilyn Manson concert

Rule of Thirds - Talking heads

Zoom

Mise-En-Scene:

Rosery beads infront of greenery - Religious paraphinalia

Teenagers sitting on bed smoking

Inside a cafe - smoking

In a train station

At a Marilyn Manson concert

Marilyn Manson fans - Gothic make up

Manson dresses as the Pope for a gig

Cutaway of mountains - murderers father on the train

Teenagers playing pool and smoking in an arcade

Freddie Kruger paraphinalia

Vatican Buildings

Sound:

Voice over on the Italians talking because it was an English documentary

Narrator - over cutaways and archive footage

Gospel/spiritual music in background

Opera Music in background of interviews

Marilyn Manson music from his gig

Editing:

Cutaways

Slow motion of people @ Marilyn Manson cancert shouting

Crossfade

Cut

Archive Material:

Marilyn Manson footage - concert footage and music video footage

News footage of 1999 Colarado shootings

Backstage tour footage

Graphics:

"The Devil Made Me Do It" - White font basic font ontop of footage

Marilyn Manson's lyrics

Black screen - White writing of what happened to the three girls