The Devil Made Me Do It

Type Of Documentary:
The Devil Made Me Do It was an investigative documentary, and also a reflective one as the murder of the nun was looked back on throughout the video.

Themes:
The themes that were relevant throughout the documentary were; religion, satan, satanic music, the influence and power that certain objects/people can have on the youth, marylin manson, rebellion and crime, and the culture of youth.

Narrative Structure:
The Documentary had a circular narrative, it started with the crime and throughout the documentary went back to why and when it happened.

Camerawork:
The camerawork that I noticed throughout the documentary were; point of view shots, tracking shots, reverse shots, CCTV style camerawork, talking head shots, archive cutaways, cutaways of eyes and hands, extreme close ups and cutaways of the crime scene and of the marylin manson concerts. There was also a lot of handheld camerawork, footage from reporters and also there were many fillers, adding a visual stimulus to the documentary.

Mise-En-Scene:
There were many religious objects, and also many concert videos and costumes from the satanic culture.

Sound:
Many marylin manson songs were used as he was one of the main aspects of the documentary, there was also a lot of religious, spiritual, choir music representing the religious nature of the nun that was murdered. The sounds that were used were extreme christianity opposed with extreme satanic music, to provoke the thoughts of the viewers. Other sound effects I noticed was the screaming sound effect from when the reconstruction style footage was shown.

Editing:
A voiceover was used throughout the documentary to oversee the whole thing and to inform the viewers, also, slow paced editing was used to express the sadness and emotion, except from the shots from the Marylin Manson concerts.

Graphics:
The graphics from the documentary were used to reinforce a point, in this case religion, and also the other element of grapics that I noticed was the names of who was talking on the screen were being displayed under them along with their job title.