Documentary Analysis
Documentary
title, director, year: The Hunt, Thomas Vinterberg, 2015
Mise-en-Scene:
Continuity; diegesis; location, set, studio/set design;
costume; properties; ambient lighting; artificial lighting; production design
period/era; colour design.
Ø This documentary was
filmed in a number of different locations for example Australia and Madagascar
Ø It has a number of
different shots including long shots, close ups and establishing shots to get
every angle of the animals doing what they do through the day
Ø Artificial lighting
was used throughout the documentary as it was filmed in a natural setting
outside in the habitats of the animals
Ø The colour design was
all natural and not edited at anytime
Camera
Angle, Shot, Movement and Position:
Establishing
shot; master shot; close-up (and variations); long shot; wide shot; two-shot;
high angle; low angle; aerial shot; point of view; pan; crane; tilt; track;
dolly; zoom/reverse zoom; framing; composition; hand-held; steadicam.
Ø Position- held hand,
tripod these we used when they were filming the crocodiles as this took a long
time to receive there foods
Ø Movement-
Zoom/reverse zoom
Ø Camera angles- Long
shot, Establishing shot, High/low angles, Point of view shot, Pan, Wide shot
Editing:
Sound
and vision editing – continunity-discontinuity-montage editing; transitions
(cut; fade; wipe; dissolve); long/short takes; superimpose; slow/fast motion;
synchronous/asynchronous, soundtrack; theme; tune; incidental music; sound
effects; ambient sound; narration; dialogue; voiceover; mode of address/direct
address; diegetic/non-diegetic; contrapuntual.
Ø Dialogue was used throughout when they were talking about the animals and
what’s going to happen next.
Ø Ambient as when they were filming by the river you could hear the animals
in the background doing what they normally do.
Ø Diegetic sound used
as no sound is created/come from anywhere else its all natural sound which you
can tell when watching the documentary.
Ø Long/short takes
where used when you watch the animals hunting/attacking there prey.
Characterisation
and narrative:
Protagonist/antagonist; role; linear/non-linear;
equilibrium/disequilibrium; single-strand/multi-strand; point of view;
narration.
Ø Protagonist/Antagonist roles were shown throughout the documentary
between the prey and the predators when they are trying to get food for their
family or trying the protect them.
Ø Linear was used as it always went together well and didn’t seem like it
was filmed then put together randomly.
Ø Point of view was used as the main focus were animals and so they used a
singular voice to make it simple and not too confusing for the viewing eyes.
Representation:
Positive/negative; accurate/inaccurate;
balanced/imbalanced; stereotypes; true/untrue
Ø It’s positive as it
is full with information you may not know about a range of different animals
and what they do/go through on a day to day basis.
Ø Also, it’s true
because you can tell it isn’t made up in anyway which means it educational.
Ø It’s balanced because
it shows all sides of the animals for example when some animals hunt its not
for fun its just to feed them and sometimes their young when they have it.
