Executed

Analysis of Executed Documentary

Type of documentary

This documentary contains a voiceover throughout, it contains several interviews and it also shows archive footage at several points. Therefore Executed is a MIXED documentary.

It is a single stranded documentary as all of the themes link and relate to each other. As well as this Executed is a closed documentary as all topics have been discussed and shown fully by the end.

Themes

Executed contains several themes that all link together these being:○ Death○ Crime○ Justice○ Injustice○ Capital Punishment

Camerawork

The interviews shown in the documentary are conventional as they are inline with the rule of thirds. This means that direct mode of address is not present as the interviewee is not looking directly at the camera.They are also shot in close up or medium close up camera shots.

Mise-en-Scene

Setting- The settings and backgrounds used for the interviews are relevant and appropriate to the interviewee.For example the houses of the families of those executed.

Mise-en-Scene

Lighting- The lighting during a lot of the documentary was fitting with the themes as it was gloomy.

SoundThere is non-diegetic sound throughout the documentary in the form of music.The music played is fitting with the themes and topics as it is slow, dark and gloomy, all of which fit with the scenes being shown.

There are simple cuts used within the documentary to transition between shots.

Editing

Graphics

Graphics are used quite a bit throughout Executed, however they are used in the sameformat and for the same purpose. The first way they are used is for the title screen, which is shown at the start of the documentary and then again at the beginning and end of each advert break.

GraphicsAnother way graphics are used is to show the names against the images of those who were executed, this helps inform the audience.

The final way graphics are used in Executed is by showing text explaining the names and relevance of the interviewees, again this helps to inform the audience.

Archive Footage

There is quite a lot of archive footage used within the documentary Executed. Old photographs of those that were executed or involved are shown, footage from protests against capital punishment is shown and video footage of police officers receiving awards to do with those being executed is also shown.