Self-reflective
Themes
Murder
Having to carry on with everyday life after the events.
Narrative Structure
Non-linear
circular
Closed Narrative
Camerawork
Interviews- framed left or right of screen, medium close up or close up, eye line 3rd of the way down the screen- Conventional
POV shot- in car looking out of the front.
Low angle
Zoom-to show archive footage
medium long shot- dancing at party, people walking in street- connotes everyday life still goes on.
Mise-en-scene
Estate- blocks of flats
Family house
Various streets around the location,
party- birthday
supermarket
Sound
Narrator- the girl the documentary was focused on
dogs barking
uplifting music-at the party
piano- end of the doc
news reports along with white noise like a radio
Editing
mainly cutting
dissolve- pictures of the victims on screen
interview over stock footage
fade to black- cuts to add break.
Archive Material
news reports (audio) over footage of various locations and street scenes
still images- serial killer
newspapers
police interrogation with the serial killer
Graphics
White, sans serriff font, all in caps- title, only graphics in the doc.
Crime - First cut: My dad the serial killer
(Documentary, My Dad, the Serial Killer)
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