Genre Analysis - "The Devil Made Me Do It"

Title Of Programme: The Devil Made Me Do It

Type Of Documentary: Fully narrated, mixed documentary.

Themes:
*Murder investigation - good vs evil
*Marilyn Manson
*The influence of the media on youth culture.

Narrative Structure:
*Non linear - flashbacks
*Open ended
*Single strand

Camerawork:
*Conventional interviews - headshot, medium close up.
*POV shots - re-enactment of nun walking, etc.
*Shaky camera shots - handheld cameras - jostling to reinforce media frenzy.
*Close ups and long takes of religious iconography - dramatic low angle shots, emphasis.
*Extreme close ups of concert fans - emphasises their extreme style of dress, etc.
*Low angle shots of Marilyn Manson when he is interviewed - gives him power.
*Uses shadows on Manson interviews to reflect his character and add mystery. Also intensifies the "evil" in him.

Mise-en-scene:
*Shots of the deserted town.
*People interviewed in their own homes - makes it more genuine and anchors meaning.
*Documentary opens with scenes of the town in daylight
*Manson interviewed with his entourage in the background - also anchors meaning.

Sound:
*Voiceovers for the Italian speech - male voices, non diegetic - makes it more authentic.
*Sinister, eerie music when the nun was killed.
*Rock music - concert footage and over the credits.
*Choir music through cutaway of tunnel footage - moves narrative on.
*Opera singer over funeral footage.

Editing:
*Speaking over cutaways - interviewees and narrator
*Cutaways emphasise the themes in the film
*Concert footage followed by funeral footage - both large groups of people together for one particular reason.
*Cross cutting/fade to black, elliptical editing.

Archive Material:
*Footage of Marilyn Manson concerts and fans at concerts.
*Footage of 1999 Columbia school shootings
*Some still and moving images of Manson's music videos and news clips - reinforces what they're talking about.
*Italian TV shows

Graphics:
*Italian subtitles - sans serif, left aligned, white.
*Small titles saying who the interviewees are.
*Lyrics from Marilyn Manson songs subtitled at the bottom - points out their antiestablishment theme.
*Titles showing dates, times, key events, etc, e.g. "One day after the trial"