Analysis of a film
I have chosen to analysis the interview: Living with Michael Jackson the Martin Bashir, the infamous film documents the period of life where Bashir lives with Michael Jackson. I found on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFfeI3OCrP4.
The film begins with some hand held MCU of Bashir and Jackson having a conversation which pans from left to right between, this then fades to black. The next shot is a long shot of the gates of Jacksons’ home which are zoomed in on whilst a Jackson song is dubbed over the top, from this shot the opening titles fade in which consist of mainly long shot of Jackson dancing, walking or conversing with various people whilst a song is dubbed over the top and various names appear on the screen.
The next shot is a MCU of a merry-go-round spinning around whilst Bashir provides commentary over the top of this footage explaining the film and what it is about. The next shot is LS of a Ferris wheel slowly spinning while Bashir continues speaking, this fades out to reveal a shot of a fairground illuminated in the darkness.
The next shot is a hand held MCU of Jackson and Bashir conversing, this shot fades to a shot of a spinning carousel while the conversation between Bashir and Jackson is dubbed over the top, from this shot the camera pans left to reveal Jackson and Bashir, again in MCU still speaking.
The next shot is a long shot of a Ferris wheel and carousel again illuminated in the darkness with Bashir and Jackson talking over the shot. From this shot we fade to a MLS of Bashir and Jackson on the Ferris wheel talking, whilst Bashir provides a commentary over the top. From that shot we fade out to a LS of the fairground in the darkness whilst Bashir continues his commentary. From this we cut to a LS of Bashir and Jackson racing go-karts whilst Bashir provides commentary over the top, in this shot the incorporation of long pan shots are used to follow the karts through Bashir’s commentary. Then fade to black.
Conclusion
Overall the use of establishing shots of the fairground and some of the more childish aspects of Jacksons life help giver an snap shot of Jacksons psyche, I think Bashir used those shot for exactly that reason. Also the continued use of voiceover commentary helped give Bashir the chance to put across what the point of the documentary was about. I think that the extensive use of hand held camera shots was rather over indulgent and took away from the gravity of the interview where sometimes Jackson or Bashir were cut off camera due to it being hand held yet overall a good start for the interview.
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