The Devil Made Me Do It

Analysis of Documentary:

Type of Documentary: Mixed
Themes: Religion/Good vs Evil/Spirituality/The Power of the Media
Narrative Structure: Single-strand/Open/Non-Linear

Camerawork:
Close-up/Medium close-up of interviews on the whole and framed to left or right of shot.
Manson Interview: low angle (signifies power), lighting from one side - half face lit/dark (signifies good/evil)
Slow pans across town - day and night, sense of being quiet and deserted.
Shots of deserted Streets.
Lots of shots of religious iconography
End of Prog. - shots of busy streets, teenagers chilling out ~ contrast to previous shots.
Press conference of Marilyn Manson(MM): We are the observer of both MM and journalists. Documenters are impartial to what is happening.
Shots of Manson's gig - observer
Handheld - actuality footage.
Creative camerawork - tracking.

Mise-En-Scene:
Interviews:
Police - Office, at desk, hat on desk near camera - in his environment
Veronica's father - in white & blue room, signifies purity and calm (or victimised)
Old significant man - books and images of holy people - his actual background.
Other:
Contrasts between MM and what he stands for - e.g. the sequence of him buying MacDonald's is hypocritical.

Sound:
Voiceover-Narrator - Male, quite young, Standard, English, No clear accent
Voiceovers used to translate Italian - English with and Italian accent, age and gender matched visuals.
Music - reflected the subject matter/mood. Traditional Italian/Religious music (choral) or dark/sombre music.
Sound effects, e.g. Heartbeat/Whispering.
Marilyn Manson Music.

Editing:
Cutting/Cross-cutting
Montage
Fade to Black/Fade from black
Created pace (few second shots) and mood
Slow Motion
Juxtaposition of images and sound (Religious music over film with swearing, atheist teenagers).

Archive Material:
Marilyn Manson concert footage (actuality footage)
MM conference(actuality footage)
MM material
Newspaper
Music Videos
Italian news (nun, etc.)

Graphics:
Subtitles over music videos
Credits over film of fans leaving
During interview - subtitle of name, job and how they are relevant to story. Anchors meaning and relation to topic.
Dates appeared on screen - to anchor when something took place
'The Devil Made Me Do It' title - Celtic cross used (Gothic overtone)
Translation subtitles