Aileen; Life and Death of a Serial Killer by Nick Broomfield

QUESTIONS 

• The types of footage which are used in the opening are; archive footage, photo's, news footage and police footage. Different types of footage have been put in the documentary because it keeps the audience interested and it makes the audience believe it more. and the photo's of her when she was younger makes the audience feel sympathetic towards her.
• The documentary techniques i can identify in the sequence are; voice overs, archive footage, interviews and exposition
• The information given in the voice over is just either news reporters, presenters and nick broomfield documentating what happened. 
• The central subject is that she was the first known serial killer in america, and she killed 7 men, and we find out the consequences of her actions.
• The opening sequence of the film is very similar to what you would see on a opening scene of a fictional film in a few different ways. firstly it shows a picture of Aileen as a little girl, then jump cuts to a car driving down a forest lane, which is quite dramatic way of introducing a character and setting the scene. another way the opening is similar to a opening of a fictional film is the flashing news clips talking about what Aileen did which grab the audiences attention rather then the director just reading out what she did.

1. Name of documentary: Aileen: Life and death of a serial killer
2. Date of production: 2003
3. Film maker/Producer? Nick broomfield 
4. Sub-genre(s)? Crime, mystery, thriller 
5. Context of Production: America 
6. Purpose or Purposes? The purpose of this was to investigate the why she has the death penalty which was against her, and if it was the right thing to do. 
7. Other relevant contexts? Political - yes because it has an underlying theme of if the death penalty and if it is still politically correct. Social - Yes because society apparently failed her.
8. Use of selection: Only Aileen point of view and the news side where shown on the documentary but police facts and interviews were not shown on this show. so some viewers watching this show could maybe feel more emotional to Aileen than they actually should. 
9. Narrative sequence and editing?  The way the film was edited was good because it showed nick broomfield interviewing her and then switched to news footage about her throughout the documentary.
10. Narration/commentary? There was quite a high amount of narration from nick broomfield in this documentary which was presented in the voice of god way which kind of made it like every other documentary. 
11. Use of interviews? There majority of the documentary was full of interviews, which were good interviews because they had a live feel which made you feel as if you were there. 
12. Presence of crew? The only presence you got of the crew was nick broomfield talking in the interview or his voice of god narration. 
13. Non-diegetic sound and use of music? the music which was used was 80's music at some parts which are heard with clips or pictures of her past,  and at the end of the documentary the song that was played at her funeral was played. The effect that the music had was good because it made it more emotional.

http://youtu.be/rExhihAZGxg 

Research into 5 film Documentaries

Inside Job 

• The Director in this documentary made clear that he/she was against politicians from the beginning of the documentary
• The subject matter of this documentary is about the corruption of politicians and this is very important to a lot of people seeing as they contributed to the fall in our economic climate.

Exit through the gift shop

• This Documentary follows someone trying to befriend the infamous 'Banksy' 
• Banksy shows pieces of art which display his views on the government and display's his opinion by graffiti. 
• People liked and found this documentary interesting because no one knows banksy which adds mystery to the documentary also,  many people agree with his views and thoughts and views on the goverment. 
• This documentary is true and real but some elements are staged in it. 

Gasland

• This documentary is about hydraulic fracturing and how it effects the environment and the people inhabited near these machines. 
• People found this documentary really interesting because one it was about the government again which is a hot topic at the moment and two it has a shock factor in it, which people enjoy. 

Restrpo 

• True story about soldiers in the middle east and how it affects them and the local people which live there. 
• exaggerated form of reality, which makes it a lot more interested for the viewer rather then the reality of it. 

Wasteland 

• Real world which shows people in the slums of Brazil. 
• makes it appealing to people because it plays on you're heartstrings and makes people also think about the government again and why they aren't helping them out in the slums of Brazil. 

Definition of a Documentary

The definition of a documentary is something which is presents factual information with editing the information or putting in bits which are fictional, like you would do with a film or book. Which would make it more interesting than it may actually be.

Found Documentary: German forest boy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2038895/German-forest-boy-telling-truth-say-police-fathers-shallow-grave.html

• sad story
• heartbreaking
• true story
• heart felt

outline
tell the stroy of forest boy as a heart felt story to make the audience feel sorry and upset towards the lonley boy. we will interview strangers on what they think about this story and how the newspaper has shown the story. find the background information on the the story on the story to find out the truth and what really happened and why he was there.

Thursday 15th September - TV Documentries

Thursday - Terestial TV


Helicopter Heroes 9 15 am            BBC1
Helicopter heroes is about a team of paramedics which use helicopters to access people quicker and in area's which other paramedic teams couldn't.

Real Rescues 3 45 pm           BBC2
Real rescues is a programme which shows and talks about real rescues which happen everyday and don't get much attention paid towards.


If walls could talk - the history of the home  ITV1   7 00 pm
This programme talks about history of different homes in the UK and explores into their past's 

Tuesday 13th September - TV Documentaries

Tuesday - Terestial TV

Helicopter Heroes 6 00 am              BBC1
Helicopter heroes is about a team of paramedics which use helicopters to access people quicker and in area's which other paramedic teams couldn't.

Homes under the hammer 10 00 am        BBC1
Homes under the hammer follows people which buy houses in auctions which are usually in bad condition and watches them turn home's or house's from a bad state to a good state.  

The Bomb Squad 10 35 am          BBC1
Bomb squad follow members of the bomb squad in different police teams in the uk and watches them defuse bombs and sort out serious situations.

Real rescues 3 45 pm     BBC2
Real rescues is a programme which shows and talks about real rescues which happen everyday and don't get much attention paid towards.

May day May day 7 30 pm     ITV1
May day may day investigates in to air crash investigations in different parts of the world.


Missing Millions 8 00 pm     ITV1
Missing millions investigates into millions of pounds which are left by people who have died and left money in Britain's banks, and help find their correct owners.  

Inside Nature's giants 8 00 pm    CH4
Inside natures giants looks into the giant animals of our world and literally open them on television to understand our worlds animals further. 

Seven Dwarves 9 00 pm     CH4
Seven dwarves is about several dwarves who live together and prepare for their season of pantomime.

Revealed 8 00 pm    CH5
This programmes looks into our mysterious history stories and separates facts from fiction.