Assignment 1: Biggie and Tupac Documentary (Draft 2)
- 2. The format of the documentary is film This documentary is about a British documentarian (Nick Broomfield) who further investigates the murders of the rappers Biggie andTupac.
- 3. • Use of a narrator and presenter In the documentary, the director Nick Broomfield acts as BOTH the narrator and presenter as he narrates and also conduct interviews and interact with those in his case studies. • Voiceover The narrator does voiceover to either introduce the person about to be interviewed or to give further information to a archival photograph shown on the screen . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x02bE_GzbJo (skip to 17.05) An example of how the narrator does voiceovers to explain archival photographs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x02bE_GzbJo (skip to3.47) Narrator does a voiceover to tell the audience where they are and who they are about to interview
- 4. • Archival photographs The director uses a range of photos to support the topics in his documentary Old photos of Biggie when he was younger so audience can sympathise with him, as children are associated with innocence. Photos of some of the police men who worked on the Biggie and Tupac murder case
- 5. • Archival footage The director uses a range a archival footage from various past events to help support his documentary Old video footage of Biggie Video of the crowd at Biggie’s funeral A video of the old president of the usa complaining about the release ofTupac’s songs about the government and the police force Video footage ofTupac in his studio
- 6. • Interviews The presenter of the documentary conducted various interviews with both experts and the public as well as close friends and family so he could have different sides to story ofTupac and Biggie’s lives Interviews with the public. The presenter interviewed members of the public who grew up with either Biggie orTupac Interviews with experts. The presenter also interviewed some of police men who dealt with the murder case of Biggie andTupac
- 7. The presenter also had interviews with close friends and family so he could have an insight about the lives of Biggie andTupac Interview withTupac’s step brother Interview with Tupac’s father Interview with Biggie’s mother
- 8. Forms=how a text is made/constructed for e.g. through camera work, shots, music • Use of handheld camera The presenter walks around with the microphone in his hand, while the camera man carries the camera to create a sense of realism Using a handheld camera is easier as setting up a tripod can become time consuming
- 9. Forms=how a text is made/constructed for e.g. through camera work, shots, music • Background music to create an appropriate mood The score music in the documentary is often instrumentals from popular songs by Biggie and Tupac, these instrumentals are usually either upbeat to create a cheery mood. Other time slow pace music is used to create tension http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x02bE_GzbJo (skip to 3.14) An example of an upbeat instrumental being used http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x02bE_GzbJo (skip to 36.33) An example of slow pace non diegetic music to create tension
- 10. Forms=how a text is made/constructed for e.g. through camera work, shots, music • Wide point of view camera shots The camera man often films while the car is driving the establish the different settings.This also creates a sense of realism