GENRE ANALYSIS Extrodinary People - The couple with 27 Children

Themes:
Adoption: Adopting the 23 children they have, from an early age out of unwanted homes
Care: Caring for them, and treating them as their own children
Disability: Helping them get through their disabilities so they can live a normal life
Family relationships: Relationships between the parents, and siblings and how they deal with family day life/activities
Law: The law of adopting so many children and how it could affect them

Narrative Structure: The narrative structure for this documentary is in chronological order, from why they adopted so many, the order they did and what problems/experiences came along with this

Camerawork:
In the camera work there was a lot of closeup shots, from the interviews. These were used to show the facial expressions clearing of members of the family being interviews, and by seeing a clear facial expression things can get more emotive especially because we concentrate on what they are saying, as it grabs our attention.
Crab right/left was used lots of times int he scenes, where they showed footage of the family doing daily life activities, and i think it just helped us get a brief overview of what it is like. This is a good camera shot to set the scene, because it clearly shows the scene from most angles. Example of when this was used, was when they were shopping as a family, also when they were playing in the back garden.

A low shot was used in the shopping centre, when the family walks past in a line. I think this shot exaggerates how many of them is because it is a still shot, we see them ALL walking. I also think this angle helps make them look powerful, and this can reflect and be seen as how powerful there family bond is and relate to family relationships.

Viewpoint angle is used when walking around the house, and in the back garden. I think with this angle it helps the audience interact and feel involved, and it can create an atmosphere  and maybe the audience could relate to how one of the family members feel, because the camera angle looks like its from your point of view. This can also help the audience feel emotive and really understand what the documentary is about and how the people feel.

A bird view shot is used to show the playground.back garden. This gives the audience a good view of how they children live as you can clearly see what goes on and the activities.

Handheld camera is also used, when following the family around in their daily jobs/activities,. Examples from the documentary is when they are in the shopping centre, and walking around the house. This camerawork could also help the audience again feel involved and because of the unsteady camera work, it can create a mood of rushed and how busy their family life is.

Mise En Scene:

IN the mise en scene the interviews are mostly taken inside the house/all around the house and also outside the house. This is a relevant background because it allows audiences see rooms they may not see in the documentary and they can get a feel of what the house is like, and how the family lives and every ones personality, depending on the room they are being interviewed in.

There is an establishing shots also of the presidents house, this is cut away over when they are discussing about the law and the government, which relates back to the theme well of law.

Sound
In the introduction to the documentary there is happy inspirational music which makes things seem more lighthearted and thinking about the positive sides to this documentary. It could also reflect well off the family's and especially parents personality, because it shows they are willing to do anything for their children, and they are always so happy and have a positive side to the  experiences they have to deal with in life.
When introducing the parents/mum and dad, it showed snapshots for when they were younger and at their wedding, the sound to this photos sounded like a camera snapshot sound which also puts a cheesy side onto the way things have bee presented. Also when these images were being showing 70's country music was being played in the background, this just helps the audience reconisge what time era the documentary was looking at.

In most of the clips, most of the ambient is the sound of the children playing and none of this has been cut out to make speech of the interviewees or scenes more clearer. I like the way they have done this because you can hear all the children playing and laughing in most scenes which also puts a positive aspect onto the family. I also think it helps create an atmosphere of busyness and demonstrates how the parents never stop and always have something to do, which shows how caring they are towards the children.

When the scene where they were looking back at terrible experiences in the family, especially when they focused on the death of one of their children sad,emotive music was introduced. This made things seem more serious and as an audience we feel sympathetic for the family, and it makes you think and appreciate how lucky your life can be. It also again shows the personality of the parents how devoted they are to their children and the effect the death had on the family, which looks at the theme of family relationships and we can see they were a very close family.

The narrator of this documentary is a women. She does use alot of rhetorical questions which are answered in most of the interviews. I think by using a women's voice she can be more emotive and this emotion can be reconisged in her voice, so the audience will respond to however the narrator wants us too.

Editing
In the editing techniques they fast forwarded the introduction, of when the family enter the garden one by one before they're picture is taken. This is used as a way similar to elliptical editing which still demonstrates the time length however is sped up in a few seconds. I think this technique works well with the music involved as it is happy, fast music which works well with it.
Another editing technique used was freeze frame when the ''picture'' in the scene was being taken it froze, and flashed, trying to show a picture has been taken in a technical more interesting element.

Archive Material
The archive material involved in this documentary was the family videos, examples of these were the wedding of the couple, the children growing up and everyday home videos.  This archive material mostly appeared when the family and children were being introduced. Also when they discuss about the history and past events that have happened in the family,  it shows snapshots of different images from the family.
An example of these past events is when showing a slow presentation of images from the sick son in hospital. I think by showing these images slowly it helps us get a feel of the pain the family was going through, because they fade into one another.

Graphics:
In the graphics the font was very similar to child like writing, like primary school font. Because the title is in this font, it introduces the audience to what the documentary is going to be about, this font always is again less serious and light hearted which creates a positive mood towards the documentary.