- Released in 2009, India Reborn is a mixed documentary in which dizzying extremes and stunning contradictions of life in the world’s second most populous nation are explored by exposing us to a diverse array of individual Indian’s experiences.
- An omniscient narrator is used while all the characters in the documentary talk to this narrator and subsequently to the audience without directly looking at the camera.
- Several interviews are added to the documentary so that the audience is able to connect with the issue being discussed.
- Actuality is displayed as the actual events happening in the individual's life are covered in the documentary such as the surgeries being conducted by the surgeon.
- Parallel editing is used throughout the documentary to draw a parallel between the highs of the shinning new India and the lows of the India that has been stagnant in its growth since independence.
- A traditional background score is used to accentuate the cultural feel of the documentary.
- Tracking, close-ups and zoom-ins are the primary shots used in the documentary to display the characters being covered aptly to the audience.
- fade ker ke multiple shots dali hoi hain.
- A logo of CBC, the production house, starts the documentary off and is inscribed in one corner of the frame throughout the documentary.
- The documentary starts and ends with the name of the documentary being displayed across the screen.
Monday, 30 December 2013
Documentary Analysis (India Reborn)
Wednesday, 25 December 2013
Documentary: Future of Food (analysis)
Its a mixed documentary and fully narrated by its host.
- at start of documentary, zoom ins of various food are shown along with narration by host, while host is not shown.
- name of documentary is shown as host walks by.
- host also talks to the audience directly by talking to the camera.
- A character who has to be introduced is shown by focusing him.
- Character doesn't talks to camera directly
- only host talks to character pretending there is no camera, using over the shoulder shots.
- whole they are talking surroundings related to documentary are also shown.
- map is shown to show where in world the host travels to, such as, India and Cuba.
- Wide shots and aerial shots are shown.
- background music is continuously played, it fades away when conversation or narration starts and fades in when only shots are shown.
- still footage is also shown
- blurred video and focusing different things in long take is used.
- statistics are also showed.
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