Analysis of the falling man
- 1. Analysis of 9/11 The Falling Man By Sam Johnson
- 2. Type of Documentary • This was a mixed documentary as it contained voice over, interviews and archive footage • The themes were, investigation, 9/11, conspiracy and who was the falling man of 9/11 • This documentary was open as it didn't completely find out who was the falling man, it was non-linear as it didn't follow chronological order and it was single strand as it only followed the story of who was the falling man
- 3. Camera & Editing • There were many close ups used in interviews with the subject placed to the right or left of screen, also a panning shot of inside of a house, a tilt shot of a still of the apparent victim. The camera was placed on the bonnet of a car • The editing was mainly cuts and was obtrusive
- 4. Mise en scene • The mise en scene of the documentary is quite dark, and serious fitting in with the 9/11 theme also the interviewee’s were quite smartly dressed so adding to the seriousness, the lighting was dark so this connotes unhappiness again fitting in with the 9/11 theme.
- 5. Sound & Graphics • Sound, it was mostly silence with no backing music, voice over spoke in standard English with slight emotion in his voice. And a sound bites of the radio at the start then mostly it was the sounds of the building collapsing. • The text was plain white text and was positioned on the right of camera opposite to the interviewee.
- 6. Achieve footage • There was much achieve footage as the documentary was built around it, there was stills of the buildings on fire, footage from camera phones, and achieve footage of the twin towers when they were standing.