The Marketing of Meatloaf“The Music Biz”

Aired on BBC2 9pmPart of a Series

The type of documentary is a mixed documentary.

The themes are; Power of the media and how the media can influence people’s behaviour and uncovering the business.

The narrative structure was a closed narrative, single strand and non linear.

CameraworkThe framing for interviews was conventional apart from some interviews, Image 1 shows the conventional framing however image 2 shows unconventional framing where the position and framing looks unnatural.

The other camera work used was long shots, extreme close up of chart listings, handheld camerawork for award shows and press releases, low angle of Meat Loaf, zoom, pan and point of view shots.

Mise-en-scene

Chroma-key was used in the background of images to show the archive of Meatloaf which relates to the subject of the documentary.

The voiceover used was Male and standard English so everyone who understands English will understand the programme, sarcasm was included in the documentary.

There were Meatloaf songs playing in the background.

Another sound used in the documentary was the use of drums which brought tension and showed trouble.

Sound

The editing was basic for the documentary with a few fancy features. The edits included; cuts, dissolves, edits, a montage editing of chart listings, editing together interviews of the same product so there were no questions asked and page turns.

Editing

There was a lot of mixed archive material including; Meatloaf’s music videosNewspapersVideo footage from the Brit AwardsNews reportsCliff richard, Mr Blobby and Take That music videosMagazine front covers And video footage from the Grammy Awards.

Archive Material

Simple, white font that was consistent through the documentary. Music biz logo and Meatloafs logo appearing consistently throughout documentary.

Consistent colour scheme of red, black and white which gave the documentary a professional look.

End credits.

Graphics