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Cherry Healey: How to get a Life - Single vs. Settled

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Type of Documentary

The documentary focuses on modern day relationships. It was a mixed documentary as it used things such as achieve material, for example footage from night clubs. There is also a narrative structure as there was a beginning, middle and end. There was a variety of camerawork used and editing to add variety and drama.

The themes shown

There are many themes shown throughout the documentary, Love, relationships, and sex. There are many different people shown throughout the documentary, each person is different and there are is a mix of single and settled people, each willing to share the relationship status with Healey, and tell her how they feel about being in a relationship.

Narrative Structure

The documentary opens with a montage, there are various shots of Healeys life since she has been married and settled. The audience is taken on a journey into other peoples relationship and love life. She stays with single people, to find out what it is they find interesting in relationships, the audience gets introduced to many people who are interviewed about relationships. However she find out that through her journey some of the couples relationships have grown stronger and the single people would like to become settled. At the end of the documentary Healey finds that being settled is good, but she can also be free and sexy at the same time.

Camerawork

The documentary uses a wide range of camera shots, the is a medium shot of Healey and one of there interviewee's talking about how they are going to change there relationship status, making the audience feel interested and want to watch on. Another shot was a low shot, which panned down the street with Healey, to make the audience focus on her. There is also a close up shot of a glass of wine, this shows that the target audience is aimed at young women, and gives the documentary variety. There is also a long shot of the London eye, and Big Ben in the background showing the location of where the documentary is set. Also to show the change of scene, there is a long shot of the moon, to imply the on going talk of romance throughout the documentary. There are also long shots, and close ups used when Healey is trying to set up one of her clients up with an interesting girl, show there are many shots of them in a house party, suggesting that young people are still adventurous and wild.

Mise-en-scene

There are many different locations throughout the documentary and different types of lighting used to make the documentary look interesting. Fore example, Healey is walking down past the River Tems, and in the distance we can see the London bridge, in the background setting the location. The weather is very bright making it seem more interesting and enjoyable to watch. Another example of the mise-en-scene would be when she takes one of her clients to a night club, to show them what life would be like as a young single person again, there are many clips of people dancing and drinking, and there is a lot of strobe lighting and colours lighting, which adds a wild and interesting feel to the documentary.

Sound

There is a voiceover that is used throughout the documentary and it is Healey explaining everything that is happening in the documentary, however she also leaves us with questions, leaving the audience wondering what will happen next, making it more resistible to watch. There is also a lot of non-diegetic used, for example there is music played in a club, and it continues to play as the voiceover comes in, to keep the exciting vibe in the documentary. Another example is when there was a new couple being introduced, the music change to a James Bond theme, to thrill and excite the audience There is also ambient-sound used, this is used when Healey and a client are walking down the street, as the sound of traffic and people can be heard in the background.

Editing

There is a wide range of editing used throughout the documentary. For example, There are many interviews that are place in Healeys fancy white kitchen, and there is match-on-action used as the camera will focus on Healey and then on those who are being interviewed by her. The interviews are very relaxed and very informal, making it seem very calm. Another interview takes place with a couple, Beanca and Matt, who have an unusual sex life, however the interview is relaxed, juxtaposing the situation. There is a zoom, close-up on to some very posh and sexy underwear in a shop, addressing the women in the audience.

Graphics

The graphics used in the documentary where used to note on different statistics about single life and love life. It would pop up in the middle of the screen and it was in big, bold white writing, and every time it was the same font, colour and size.

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