Here is an extract from a documentary from one of the leading documentary makers, Louis Theroux. Within this extract it captures an interview between Louis, the presenter, and two criminals within the prison that this is filmed. This matches closely with my work because this is a documentary similar to one that I would like to film mine when following structural conventions, and in my documentary I would like interviews to take up a significant amount of time. During the course of this extract, all Louis says is questions to prompt the drug dealer to talk (apart from his non-diegetic voiceover) and this is how the audience learns the information they want to find out about this.
The editing in this footage is fairly raw, and this is so no attention is taken away from the interview itself with overly fancy editing. There is simply a few cuts here and there whilst the interview takes place, probably to contain the most seemingly interesting parts of the documentary and cut out the parts that the audience would lose interest in. At the start of the extract, there is a range of shots including medium shots and over-the-shoulder shots.This extract meets the structural conventions of a documentary because it contains an interview, voiceovers and some non-diegetic music, and it is rare to find a documentary without these conventions. Near to the start and end of the documentaries, there are a range of angles shot and this keeps the audience interested after they have found out the information they want to find out. There are no titles within this documentary extract. The genre of this documentary is interactive, because Louis gets involved with those who he is interviewing. Also, something I think is fairly important is the fact he still treats all of these people like actual people and doesn't have a bias or look down on them because they are in a prison. I think an important part of these documentaries being made is that the people participating within the documentary keep an open mind and don't look down on others because they are from certain backgrounds.
Used to film this would have been a high-quality hand-held camera, and you can tell this when the camera man follows Louis as he walks out of the prison. This makes it seem like all of the documentary makers are involved with each other, because they walk off together and Louis isn't seen as the only one making the documentary. This is also a key thing me and sophie will need to bear in mind when filming the documentary, we will need to keep together as a team and do everything together as teamwork.
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