AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION

PSA flight 1771

TYPE AND NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

It is a mixed documentary featuring:

Interviews

Archive Material

Reconstructions

It’s narrative structure is closed because you find

out the reason for the plane crash, non-linear

because the interviews are all filmed at separate

times but don’t show up chronologically and single

strand because the plane crash is the sole focus of

the documentary.

CAMERAWORK

The Standard Medium close up is used in all of the

interviews.

There are also tracking shots in the reconstructions

as well as handheld shots.

There are big close ups and extreme close ups on

bits of the wreckage so the viewers get a good look

at the pieces.

There are also zooms on people being interviewed

as well as pieces of the wreckage.

MISE EN SCENE AND SOUND

During interviews with investigators parts from the

crash could be seen on tables in the background

along with other investigators looking at them.

Like all other mixed documentaries there is a

narrator. In this one the narrator is male, he talks

clearly in standard English and his role is to link

everything together.

On the reconstruction you can hear screams of the

passengers as the plane is crashing.

EDITING, ARCHIVE MATERIAL AND GRAPHICS

The usual cuts between different scenes throughout the entire documentary. Slow motion is also used during the reconstructions.

The archive material consists of news reports from the time of the crash and photos of the crash.

The graphics include simple white text, this shows the persons relevance to the topic, title and name. The graphics also include a CGI recreation of what the plane looked like as it crashed.