TYPE OF DOCUMENTARY

MIXED DOCUMENTARY

Off screen voiceover

interviews

Archive footage

THEMES

Literature

Film

Myth

Truth

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

Single stranded

Non-linear

CAMERAWORK

This shot is a medium close up which takes place at the beginning of the documentary, giving a brief outline to the documentary. With the shot being in black and white it goes with the theme throughout the documentary as black and white is a recurring colour.

SHOT TYPES

This is a cutaway when a interviewee is speaking. This pans up the diagram of the human body, so as the interviewee is speaking this gives a little more insight to what they are talking about.

This establishing shot sets the scene for where the famous events take place in one of the Frankenstein films.

INTERVIEWS

This interview set up is conventional as it follows the rule of thirds. As the conventions of a interview set up is that the shot type is usually a medium close up or a close up, and the interviewee isn’t looing directly at the camera.

This interview isn’t as conventional as there is two people within the frame and the shot types are different as these types are medium shots, and the interviewee is looking at the camera.

This interview set up is also conventional although the shot type is medium shot not that close up. But other than that it follows the conventions; rule of thirds and not directly looking at the camera.

MISE-EN-SCENE

The setting of this interview is In what looks like a science museum and the interviewee is a Historian of Science, with the location of the interview this then reflects the point being made by the historian of Science.

The location of this interview set up is in what looks like the rehearsal room for the Frankenstein play, which they are both acting in.

The clothing that they are wearing is rather casual and isn’t set up like they are going to be in an formal interview, so they would just wear what they usually wear as they would more than likely be practicing in those clothes.

SOUND

Non-diegetic sound within the documentary occurs when a voice over which is telling the preface of Frankenstein – giving an insight into it.

Off screen voice over narrator has been used throughout the whole documentary to illuminate the illustrations shown.

This screen grab is taken whilst a male, not the narrator, is telling a story. This sound on this image is non diegetic as an off screen narrator is talking over the background.

This screen grab is taken as non diegetic sound has also been used. The music that has been placed in the scene sets the mood to being dark. A narration has also been included and the music is still in the back of the frame – so the effect has been the same throughout this part.

EDITING The pace of editing throughout this documentary is slow. This creates a dark effect which is portrayed though the visuals.

These three screen grabs come right before the main title with the idea of Montage Editing. This then gives the audience an in sight to what happens within this documentary. With the use of the fire and electricity it is relevant to what is happening within and the middle image Mary’s “lover” so this shows that there will be a bit of him mentioned.

Within the documentary there is the use of cutaways quite frequently during interviews.This screen grab is an example of a cutaway during a interview with Danny Boyle, a director, who is talking about a play that he is directing. The use of the cutaway illuminates the idea which Danny Boyle is discussing.

ARCHIVE MATERIAL

This screen grab of some archive footage of Mary Shelley’s “lover” illuminates the idea of the time that it was taken in. Also with the footage being in black and white it shows that it is rather dated.

This screen grab of some more archive footage is added when someone during an interview is talking. This image illuminates what the interviewee is saying, providing exposition.

On this print screen the way the image is also in black and white shows the age of the film, 1931. The graphics on this image show what film it is from, the date and producer.

With the footage of the slaves this portrays the time in which it was written in and also illuminates the idea of how at the time of slavery, when Frankenstein was written, it reflects slavery and what it was like at the time.

GRAPHICS

The title screen of the documentary gives it the gothic effect in the way that the background image is dark and with the use of the lightning – which connotates electricity which is used within Frankenstein to bring him alive. The font for the title itself is distorted and looks like it is put together, just like Frankenstein.

The graphics on this image is the name of the woman who had written the original Frankenstein. As she had written it a very long time ago there wouldn’t be any images of her – so a portrait of her has been used to show who Mary Shelley is.

The graphics on this page show the audience clips of various different versions Frankenstein that have been re enacted and preformed again.