Themes: Crime - the crime committed from the 3 teenage girls towards the nun
Christianity/Religion - rebelling against Christianity and disrespecting it.
Punishment - the punishment the girls got for murdering the nun
Violence - the violence involved, the violent scenes when murdering the nun, violent sounds
Devil - worshipping the devil
Youth - the 3 girls involved where young, friendly neighbour. Shows how young people can be influence easily
Good Vs Evil - Devil vs Christianity
Music industry - How the music industry can influence the actions of young people
Narrative structure: The narrative structure for 'The devil made me do it' is overall linear. This means it is a time line of chronological events, however there are elements of 'Epic narrative' which means the narrative can jump and reverse back on itself, using a technqiue of flashbacks. However it still uses a linear layout.
Camera work: In the camera work there are a lot of establishing shots used, they are there for the purposes of setting the scene of where the documentary will be about, in this case it is set in a remote isolated village, which doesn't normally bring much trouble. These scenes make the documentary much more intense because it bring surprise and the shock factor towards the audience. When it sets the scene in a quite village it also shows places of the murder scene and establishing shots around which makes the murder scene much more dramatic because it can show no one could hear the nun when she was screaming, and praying for help, which again brings shock to our audience. By showing us the murder scene again it is very basic everyday footpath, which we wouldnt usually expect and makes the story of the murder much more intense, and realistic.
Other establishing shots where used of showing the concerts, which sets the scene what the interviews will be discussing and especially the themes involved of young people, fans and fame. By showing a establishing shot of the crowds at Marlyn Manson's concerts it also shows the amount of people he has influenced which helps the audience visualise so they understand the mass of people.
In some of the establishing shots there are point of view shots, (the angle of the camera) showing the murder scene and walking through the forest and up the footpath, this makes it seem mysterious into who killed the nun, also shows realistic side because it could be anyone, makes the audience wonder which girls did it.
Handheld camera work is also used recording the crowd, because it helps align the audience and creates at atmosphere of the themes they were discussing. For example violence, the handheld camera work makes it much more aggressive and fast, impacting the violence.
Close ups are also used in some of the interviews, to show the facial expressions to create an emotional atmosphere and how this murder has effect people in such a negative way. It also shows suprised facial expressions in there faces, which again relates to the shock factor in how much of a quiet village it is o wold not expect this type of behaviour.
Miss En Scene: In the Miss En Scene of the teenagers when the are being interviewed the are lying/hanging out on the bed, which shows the youth and represents the stereotype of the youth in the media; lazy, not remorseful, disrespectful. There is also another scene in the documentary which sets the scene of teenagers in the arcade before they are being interviewed. This is a good setting to represent teenagers because there are known for hanging out in arcades.
More of the mise en scene is it shows lots of religous items, in the background of interviews, the church which shows the theme of christinanity and God, also the background from the Nun that has been killed. This also relates to the impact of the murder, because it was such a religious village and environment it is going against Christianity.
Sound: In the remake of the murder the murder there are very realistic and violent sounds which makes an atmosphere and creates a verisimilitude. It also makes the murder seem more harsh and violent which shows how aggressive it was. In the sound they are also reading out there confessions of the murder in a whispering voice which makes it seem more eerie, also the way they say the confessions seem not remorseful which reflects negativity from the girls. The sounds from the murder scene related to the confessions for example when they talk about smashing rocks into her head, you can hear smashing rocks, screams and harsh violent noises. Also there are sounds of dogs howling which also shows it was in a normal unexpected place, nearby to other houses. When they explain that the nun was saying 'god will forgive you' and praying to God it brings religious side and Christianity back into it, which also shows how wrong the murder of the nun was, going against religious beliefs. In the whole of this scene the music is crescendo and gets louder and louder until silent and the death of the nun.
In the introduction of the documentary, there is music of Marlyn Manson to create atmosphere of how the 'raging music' can contrast to the feelings towards the death. Then straight after it goes into quiet emotive music to go with the closeups of people facial expressions and shows the impact on the murder of the whole village, it also shows an emotional side which makes the death more dramatic. Because this is in the introductory scene it sets what we think the documentary might be about; death.
When it shows the scene of the three girls in the church making a 'pact' there is holy, christian music which again shows how immoral the murder is because it is closely related to the church.
Right at the end of the documentary there is Marlyn Manson music to show the captions, which is related music because the whole documentary has been about ow Marlyn Manson/ music industry as influenced the girls violent acts.
Another element of sound is the narration over the top of the clips, the narration is either of the people from the interviews eg Marlin Manson or the narrator telling the documentary. The narrator in this documentary helps tie the documentary together because it has an epic narrative it may be hard to understand so it helps the audience tie elements together.
Archive footage:
The Archive footage involved includes news reports and various of interviews and talk shows mentioning Marilyn Mansen and how he can be seen to the general public as a bad person. The media shows Mansen as a bad person to the public because they needed someone to blame for logical reasons behind the murder of the noun and what influenced the girls to do this. From mansons religion and beliefs it was easy for the media to blame him because there can be logical reasons in why he can be influence young teenagers.
Editing: In the editing the narration happens over the clips, or the real footage and the remade footage. The cutaway are always related to what the narrator is talking alot, an example in this is
Graphics: The graphics involved where the subtitles that appeared in the interviews to explain who they are and their occupation.
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