In today’s Media lesson we viewed and analysed the documentary of

‘The Devil Made Me Do It’.

The Devil Made Me Do It- The Documentary

Type of Documentary:Mixed

Themes:Good vs. Evil

ReligionYouth Culture vs. Society

DeathPower of the media

Camerawork:Point of view

Whip panHandheld camerawork

Framing correctionsReligious iconography

Mise-en-scene:Gothic Clothing

CrossesStreets showing where crime

took placeContrast between party

atmosphere and quiet streets

These images show how gothic clothing

was seen in the footage, and this is part of the mise-en-

scene.

Sound:Church bells

Religious musicBarking dog

Heartbeat and stabbing sound effectsMarilyn Manson: Last words- “ I spend more time talking to your kids than you

do”Voiceover- young, male, Standard

English Narrator- holds the documentary

together

Editing:Montage

FadeQuick cuts

Slow motionFade

Cross cutsMusic at gigs: juxtaposition

Archive Material:Police reports

FriendsVideosImages

GigsPapers

TV shows: Italian talk showsInterviews

This shows which archive material is used. Here you can see that

friends and newspapers are used in the documentary.

Graphics:Professional title- shows the relevance

of the people to the documentaryDates, names, time and place each given in graphics: positioned bottom

left: conventionalTranslations and subtitles

White, sans serif font- simple and easier to read

Narrative closed by sentencing of the women

This shows how the convention of using

white, sans serif font is carried out through the

documentary.