codes and conventions of filming and editing(8)

mise en scene reinforces the content of the interview this picture shows that he is being interviewed infront of the water as the documentary is all about jaws.

medium shots and close ups are used in the interviews this makes the audience feel like they are being talked to.

cutaways are used to brake up interviews and isolate what they are talking about most of the time cutaways back up what the voice of god or the person being interviews is saying.

in these documentaries the questions are editied out so you cant here the interviewers you just here the people being interviewed and the "voice of god"

these graphics are on both documentaries and they appear on almost every documentary this tells the audience who is who when they are being interviewd.

in the interviews they are framed to either the right or the left of the screen and they tend not to look at the audience as they are being interviewed so they dont look at the camera.

in the interviews they are always a third down the screen as they need to be seen and they are often in a close up or a medium close up.

they never film the interviews with light behind them for example a mirror or window as the light would effect the filming and not make it look clear for the audience.