Saturday 9 October 2010

Documentary Analysis (Sustika and Anju)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8701959.stm

Sound 
Non-diegetic sound of the classical North Korean music is played at the background and this connotes that the people in North Korea are more traditional, along with this non diegetic music we can hear a diegetic sound of a troops training and a voice over (non diegetic music). In most of the scene sound person has used both diegetic and non-diegetic sound (voice over) together. I have even noticed that When we hear voice over at the back of the scene the sound of the diegetic music becomes lower then the non diegetic music. 


Editing
Here in this documentary the editor has used lots of cuts from one scene to another. 
Eye line match is also used in this documentary which helps the audience to understand the relationship between two characters or to show the audience what the character is looking at.


Cinematography
The documentary starts with the medium low angle of statue to show the statue superior and cuts to the medium long shot of other statue. The scene cuts back to the medium close up shot of the monk to show the facial details of the character and cuts back to the medium long shot of the image of the president to connote the importance of the character. The scene cuts to the extreme shot of the students assembling in the line to march in front of the important figures of North Korea to show the importance of culture to the audience. The scene cuts to the extreme long shot of women wearing army dresses to show the women dominating society. The scene cuts to 3 shot of the children dancing and singing to show that even the new generation is trying hard to preserve their culture. The long shot and tracking movement of the characters bowing in the occasion to show the perseverance of the culture. The close up shot of the officer is used to show the facial expression of the character and the rule of third is also used to show the interview .

Mise-en-scene 
The costume Black suit is used to convey the audience that the Korea is of 21st century. The yellow national dress is used to show the audience that the people in korea still preserves their culture. The uniform of the officer connotes the war. It shows that the war between North and South could start any time and the north koreans are ready for it.

The prop red flag is used which connotes patriotic whereas red connotes danger, death, blood. The prop flower is used to connote new life. The prop statue is used to show the historical figure of North Korea.

The entire documentary is shot in North Korea.

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