The music biz - Meatloaf

Themes

Propaganda
Music
Fame
It showed meatloafs fame and success within the music industury and told the audience how meatloaf became famous from the start.

Narrative Structure

Linea.

Open ended (no complete answer at the end of the documentary)
It showed how meatloafs career started from the beginning to now.

Camera Work

Establishing shot of meatloaf in concert.

Close up of meatloafs long detailed finger nails.

Extreme close up of meatloafs make up.
Establishing shot of HMV to show where the albums were sold.

Cutaways.

Framing to left or right.
Medium close up/ close up during interviews.

Pan shot of press conference.

Within this documentary a handheld camera is used.

Handheld camera footage.

Mise-en-scene
Blue screen.

Woods.

Concert.

Office.

Within most of the interviews in the documentary the background of the interview is mostly in the recording studio.

Sound

Talking

Meatloafs songs playing in the background.

Dialogue- Music and buisness.
Narrator is a male voice.

Editing

Cutaways are used throughout.

Slow motion shots of band.

Slow motion of fans reactions.

Archive Material

Footage of previous concerts.
Footage of filming the music video.

Footage of oress conferences.

Newspaper articles.

Footage of Brit awards.

Graphics

Red and white colouring is used throughout the documentary.

Titles at the bottom of the screen to show who the person being interviewed is.

Still imagery when there is an interview.