analysis

2. The type of documentary that
Frankenstein: A modern myth is
mixed documentary as throughout
the documentary there is a selection
of interviews, observation, archive
footage and also a lot of narration

3. The narrative structure in this piece is an
Open documentary which shows signs
of non-linear and single stranded
structures

4. The different themes in Frankenstein
are: Gothic- Music- Myth - Theatre -
Drama –Film- Religion -Period -Fantasy
-Science

5. In this particular documentary there are a-lot
of different camera angles and lots of
different shots that make the documentary
complete, for example in the documentary
the use of rule of thirds is used in the
interviews as it shows more of a focused
interview and the ways that portrays
looking off into the distance on an angle
instead of a straight on head shot. Another
part of the camerawork that is used in
Frankenstein is that a lot of the camera is
used doing a close up and looking at body
language and facial expressions to show
the different emotion.

6. The Mise-en-scene can be broken down into six
sections, these are costume, lighting, actors/actresses,
makeup, props and setting. Throughout the
documentary all of these things are demonstrated
thoroughly. A part in the documentary which this can
be demonstrated is when there is an interview taken
place in a laboratory, the setting, the props indicate
this scenery and the interviewee is reflecting the
scenery due to her being a scientist herself. Also the
mise en scene is portrayed by the actors on stage in
the archive footage of Frankenstein in the theatre.

7. The sound in Frankenstein: A Modern Myth plays
a big part on the way that the audience feels
about the current situation, this can be portrayed
by different backing tracks and extract from plays
that support the interviews. Also by using a Voice
of God narration it makes a better sense of
information on the topic. But the difference in this
voice of god narration is that there is not just one
main voice its multiple voices. The other sounds on
the documentary is the different sound effects that
reflect the different themes topics throughout it all.

8. The editing used in the documentary are things
like cutting clips where the editor doesn’t use the
entire clip, this can be used mainly in interviews as
using the whole interview can be seen as boring
to the viewers, so whilst the interview takes place
cutting away at the interview to show extracts
keeps an audiences attention. Another editing
technique that is spotted in Frankenstein is by
looking again at the sound effects and how each
of the sound effects create tension and reflects the
mood and the atmosphere that the editor wants
the audience to feel like

9. The ways in which the archive is brought out in
the documentary has been done a lot due to
the major throwbacks to different films and
shows different newspaper articles and
flashbacks from different screenplays. This is
done throughout the documentary due to the
themes of period and theatre.

10. The different graphics used throughout the clip
displays peoples name, occupation, location, title
screen witch is related to the theme of clip.