Type of Documentary:- Mixed
Themes:
- World War II
- War veterans
- Rememberance
Narrative Structure:
- Linear
- Closed
- Multi-strand
Camerawork:
- Background of interview out of focus so as not to distract from interviewee
- Camera pans up photo to keep flow of programme
- Camera zooms into archive photo to highlight person in narrative
- Close-up of barbed wire with sunset in background
- Close-up of army veteran when crossing channel for first time since the war
- Pan up archive photo of wife
- Stock footage of beaches and waves
Mise-en-scene:
- Footage of beaches and waves at Dunkirk because it is were the troops were rescued
- Interview with veteran set in house with old furnishing
- Other interview with army veteran set infront of bookshelf with 'Dunkirk' book on it
- Interviewee looking at old photos of himself and his patrol unit
- Actuality footage of trees were fighting for frontlines happened
- Interview set with statue of soldier and photo of wife in background
- Interview with veteran filmed in location of the battle he is talking about
- Footage of village were the battle the interviewee fought in
- Footage of Prisoner of War at beach were his collegues were rescued
- Footage of veteran visiting Dunkirk monument
Sound:
- Voice over is emotionless, male, standard English
- Music in background added an 'epic' quality to a story
- Heartbeat sound effect in background of tense story
- 'Last man, last round' repeated throughout programme
Editing:
- Barbed wire overlayed on top of map of battleground
- Archive photos fade into one another
- Interview used as voice over for archive footage
Archive Footage:
- Archive footage of soldiers being rescued at Dunkirk
- Archive footage of war
- Archive footage of soldiers using machine guns
- Archive footage of soldiers smoking and laughing
- Archive footage of prisoners being lead to war camp
- Archive photos of prisoners
- Archive footage of news bulletin from the war
- Archive footage of men conscripting to the army
- Archive footage of men training for the army
- Archive footage of prison
- Archive photo of soldier getting married
- Archive footage of soldiers getting on a boat to go to war
- Archive footage of news reel from war
- Archive graphic of frontline being 'pushed' forward
- Archive footage of tanks driving over fields
- Archive footage of paratroopers jumping out of plane
- Archive footage of ambulance taking injured soldiers to hospital
- Archive footage of village eing burnt down by the Germans
- Archive footage of men playing cricket to show 'classic England'
Graphics:
- Font for title is sans-serif and white
- Font for interviews is same as title but smaller and second line is in italics
- Graphic showing map of Europe and were the frontlines are and what territory is occupied by who
Here is a lnk to the trailer for my documentary: http://uktv.co.uk/yesterday/item/aid/635941/displayVideo/hi
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