1. The Music Biz:
Meatloaf

2. Type of Documentary
Voice of God
Interviews
Mixed documentary

3. Narrative Structure
Drama and excitement on Brit Awads
(set scene) then scene about him
Contrasting Meatloaf with YMCA near
end of programme
Goes back to Brit Awards at the end
End of documentary is the end of the
song

4. Camerawork
The opening scene is the Brit Awards which makes
you feel like you’re there as it is handheld, not
carefully done
Also they were filming someone else who was
filming which is less formal than a proper interview
Long cut away of the album cover this makes the
audience focus on the voiceover
The documentary uses a lot of cutaways
There is a mixture of moving and still shots
throughout the documentary
They interviewed 2 people but with a variety of
different angles

5. Mise-en-scene
Formal interviews were used in front of a
green screen, so that they could put videos
of Meatloaf singing in the background

6. Sound
There was sound in the background as if
the interview was narrated (voice of God)

7. Editing
Montages of people talking in the
magazine were used
The documentary used montages of
musicians at the music awards
They also used a montage of making the
music video
Also there were montages of posters of
Meatloaf
The interview was edited into a voiceover
so it was more like a conversation

8. Archive Material
The documentary has used
photos, news and footage of videos
The documentary used footage of the
Brit Awards in 1994
 They got footage of Meatloaf in
concert and some of his music videos
There is also footage of the News and
other televisions programmes

9. Graphics
Fake magazine cover with montage
Name of people being interviewed