Genre Analysis: Analysis of The 9/11 Faker

Type

Mixed

Themes

• Death
  
• Lies
  
• Using the media for publicity

Camerwork


Interviews: Framed left or right. Eyeline 1/3 down the screen, medium close up, close up or mid-shot.

Creative shots:

• Extreme close ups of stock footage e.g. computer keyboard



• Handheld camera when follwoing the 9/11 faker around the ground zero site



• Birdsview shot of ground zero- show sthe size and extent of disaster



• Low angles, pan, wide shot, establishing shots
  

Birds eye view of ground zero

Mise- en- scene

Interview reporter- Educated with books and library as background
Dark lighting on the reconstruction blue and white- Mysterious

Sound

Voice over: Narrator male and standard English

Tanyas Voice over- Female of a similar age to her

Slow paced music- to create mise-en-scene

Editing

• The most common edit is cut


• Depth of field


• Slow motion


• Flash


• Flashback


• Reconstruction


• Cut between inteviews to tell narrative
  

Archive Material

• Twin towers falling


• Still images of survivers and those killed


• Press Video


• Press conference


• Extreme close up of newpapers- The New York Times


• Welles memorial music concert

Graphics

Title: White, bold. sans

Interviews: The persons name and relevance to the show e.g. '9/11 Surviver'

This is a trailer of the 9/11 faker showing some of the techniques used in the documentary