Tuesday, 27 September 2011

The impact of comics in todays society analysis



Type of documentary
Mixed

Themes
Comic books, super heroes, print vs digital age, comic book films

Narrative structure
Beginning - In the beginning it says why people enjoy comic books and why more and more people are getting into them
Middle - In the middle section it talks about rare and collectible comics and how different they are to regular comics books
End - It explains why people will continue to buy comic books.

Camerawork
Close up shots of merchandse
Panning shots of the store
Close up of the artists hand drawing
Close ups of comic books
Mid close ups of interviewees

Mise-en-scene
The interviews are all in either one of the two comic book shops or at the convention so it's all relevant

Sound
Ambient noise of people at the convention or in the stores to show the popularity they have gained
Theme tunes from shows such as the Batman 1966 tv series or the animated series of X-men etc.

Editing
There are lots of cutaways to old cartoons or pictures of heroes etc.
There are also some fades between interviewees.

Archive material
Intro to 1966 Batman TV series.
Intro to X-men animated series.
Intro to Transformers animated series.
Intro to Superfreinds animated series.

Graphics
The peoples names are in yellow so they stand out from their occupations which are in white and it also fits in with the colourful theme of super heroes.
Graphics are superimposed over archive footage

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