Documentary Analysis: The Devil Made Me Do It

• Type of documentary: Mixed• Themes of death, good vs. Evil, religion vs.

Satan vs. Christianity (Binary opposites), disaffected youth, parenting and child communication.

• Narrative structure of an open documentary that has no conclusion.

The Devil Made Me Do It

Mise-en-scene: Kids in Marilyn Manson clothing showing their appreciation to his music and indentity.

Low key lighting presents the mise-en-scene to be dark and fit the documentary of death, good vs. evil, religion etc.

This is a form of archive material in the documentary.

The title ‘Don’t blame ‘goth’ culture for tragedy’ is a defence to Manson, again creating a fear for those who think Manson is to blame.

Direct address from Marilyn Manson, with a medium close up shot of him.

From the medium close up shot we have of Manson, the audience can see the background behind him that the lighting is also dark and reflects Manson’s identity. Also, Manson is filmed at a low angle to present the power he has.

Graphics

• Marilyn Manson lyrics.• Subtitles.

• Details of the three girls and their sentences.• Dates and locations.

• Title

Graphics of the title are presented through the mise-en-scene as dark and the font is typical of a documentary about worshiping Satan, but also blends into the dark background it has with it.

This screenshot shows Manson in concert, a point of view shot from the audience is what we see.

Graphics of the subtitles underneath the image show the audience the lyrics Manson is singing.

Graphics from the end of the documentary showing the details of the 3 girls and their sentences for their crime.

With this would have been sound of choral music behind it to contrast with Manson’s music and to create a fear for the audience.

Black background presents the darkness of the crime the girls committed, and gives the white font power.

Archive Material

• Footage from Manson’s gig• Footage from the funeral.• Manson’s music videos.• Newspaper headlines.

Sounding with this would have been choral music to create a melancholic tone to what is happening in the screenshot.

The people presented in the image are not dressed like Marilyn Manson and are a contrast to the teenagers who idolise Manson. Their faces are emotional and this creates fear for those.

This screenshot has a close up of the face to present to the audience that the death that happened was an important issue and from her face you can see how concerned she is.

From the location, the background looks professional and gives the audience relief that this woman is in knowledge of the death.

Editing

• Cuts throughout.• Voice overs.

• Zooming in for dramatic effect.