WHAT TYPES OF FOOTAGE ARE USED IN THE OPENING? WHY DO YOU THINK THE DIFFERENT TYPES HAVE BEEN USE.
In the first six minutes of the documentry we see different types of media blended together to recap the long story in a short period of time such as narration AKA (the voice of god), pictures and footage of her surroundings and the enviroment she grew up in.
WHAT DOCUMENTARY TECHNIQUES CAN YOU IDENTIFY IN THE SEQUENCE.
WHAT DOCUMENTARY TECHNIQUES CAN YOU IDENTIFY IN THE SEQUENCE.
There is a variety of documentry techniques used in the opening, such as;
The voiceover gives basic information about Aileen and the reason she was exicuted, the basic information consists of such things as her age, where she came from and how many men she has killed.
WHAT DO WE FIND OUT ABOUT THE CENTRAL SUBJECT.
In the first few minuets we find out that aileen killed seven men and was only sentenced for six, she was put on death row and that she lived in Michigan and basic information about her e.g (age)
HOW IS THE OPENING SEQUENCE OF A DOCUMENTARY SIMILAR TO THE OPENING SEQUENCE OF A FICTION FILM.
Such elements as backround music, opening credits and a begining middle and end to the plot, give the documentary the same opening to a fictional film.
Name Of Documentary:
Aileen Wuornos The Selling Of A Serial Killer
Date Of Production:
2003
Film Maker/Producer:
Nick Broomfield
Sub-genre(s):
Crime (action) and Drama
Context Of Production:
Mishigan
Purpose Or Purposes:
To educate and expose a side of Aileen that others dont know
Other Relevent Contexts:
Political and Social
Use Of Selection:
they show footage of interviews with Aileen and People who knew her, they left out opinion of citizens, this was purley for the reason that the director wanted to show who Aileen was and not who others think she was.
Narrative Sequence And Editing:
Opening Credits, Clip of the woods, voice overs, pictures, videos of interviews
NARRATION/COMMENTARY:
Presented by Nick Broomfield, in the voice of god with a calm tone approch to such a wild and unbelivable subject matter
USE OF INTERVIEWS:
Broomfield only interviews people who were close to her, in order to add a more personal effect to Aileens story
NODDIES:
This did not win any noodies
PRESENCE OF CREW:
There is no presence of the crew in the movie besides Nick Broomfield during some interviews
USE OF SET UPS:
There are no use of set ups
NON-DIEGETIC SOUND AND USE OF MUSIC:
In the end of the documentary they play a song that was played in Aileen's funeral, this was done to get an emotional responce from the audience.
MY FEELINGS TOWARDS AILEEN
After watching this documentary I felt a rush of different emotions. I felt sympathy towards her because of the way her life turned out and the harsh way she grew up, on ther other hand I felt angry at her and a bit disgusted by her actions of killing all those men, for they also had family's.
DID NICK BROOMFIELD POTRAY THE REAL AILEEN IN HIS DOCUMENTARY
I do not belive that Nick Broomfield potrayed the real Aileen in his documentary because nobody can besides Aileen can really know who she is and what she did, but i think he did a very good job at exposing a different and human side to her that other documentaries couldn't do successfuly.
DO YOU BELIEVE SHE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE DEATH PENALTY
I don't believe that she should have received the death penalty because she killed some of the men in self defence and taking in consideration the cause of her actions, she didn't just kill for fun for no reason (this doesn't excuse her actions though).
- Voice Overs
- Archival Footage
- Reconstructions
- Montage Of Pictures
The voiceover gives basic information about Aileen and the reason she was exicuted, the basic information consists of such things as her age, where she came from and how many men she has killed.
WHAT DO WE FIND OUT ABOUT THE CENTRAL SUBJECT.
In the first few minuets we find out that aileen killed seven men and was only sentenced for six, she was put on death row and that she lived in Michigan and basic information about her e.g (age)
HOW IS THE OPENING SEQUENCE OF A DOCUMENTARY SIMILAR TO THE OPENING SEQUENCE OF A FICTION FILM.
Such elements as backround music, opening credits and a begining middle and end to the plot, give the documentary the same opening to a fictional film.
Name Of Documentary:
Aileen Wuornos The Selling Of A Serial Killer
Date Of Production:
2003
Film Maker/Producer:
Nick Broomfield
Sub-genre(s):
Crime (action) and Drama
Context Of Production:
Mishigan
Purpose Or Purposes:
To educate and expose a side of Aileen that others dont know
Other Relevent Contexts:
Political and Social
Use Of Selection:
they show footage of interviews with Aileen and People who knew her, they left out opinion of citizens, this was purley for the reason that the director wanted to show who Aileen was and not who others think she was.
Narrative Sequence And Editing:
Opening Credits, Clip of the woods, voice overs, pictures, videos of interviews
NARRATION/COMMENTARY:
Presented by Nick Broomfield, in the voice of god with a calm tone approch to such a wild and unbelivable subject matter
USE OF INTERVIEWS:
Broomfield only interviews people who were close to her, in order to add a more personal effect to Aileens story
NODDIES:
This did not win any noodies
PRESENCE OF CREW:
There is no presence of the crew in the movie besides Nick Broomfield during some interviews
USE OF SET UPS:
There are no use of set ups
NON-DIEGETIC SOUND AND USE OF MUSIC:
In the end of the documentary they play a song that was played in Aileen's funeral, this was done to get an emotional responce from the audience.
MY FEELINGS TOWARDS AILEEN
After watching this documentary I felt a rush of different emotions. I felt sympathy towards her because of the way her life turned out and the harsh way she grew up, on ther other hand I felt angry at her and a bit disgusted by her actions of killing all those men, for they also had family's.
DID NICK BROOMFIELD POTRAY THE REAL AILEEN IN HIS DOCUMENTARY
I do not belive that Nick Broomfield potrayed the real Aileen in his documentary because nobody can besides Aileen can really know who she is and what she did, but i think he did a very good job at exposing a different and human side to her that other documentaries couldn't do successfuly.
DO YOU BELIEVE SHE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE DEATH PENALTY
I don't believe that she should have received the death penalty because she killed some of the men in self defence and taking in consideration the cause of her actions, she didn't just kill for fun for no reason (this doesn't excuse her actions though).
