Name of the documentary: Aileen: Life and death of a serial killer
Date of production: 2003
Film maker/producer: Nick Broomfield
sub-genre(s): Documentary
Context of production: Florida
Purpose: To investigate the true story and reason as to why Aileen murdered the 7 men.
Other relevant contexts: Political and social contexts
Use of selection: There is a lot of things the producer could have put into the documentary that he left out, for example he didn't interview the police, he didn't get direct opinions of the families of the victims and he focused on the information that would get the audience to empathise for Aileen.
Narrative sequence and editing: He includes court scenes from her trials and interviews with Aileen herself and close friends of Aileen.
Narrative/commentary: the commentary is done by the producer Nick Broomfield, he does it in a very serious tone but also as if to calm the audience and relate to them with opinions.
Use of interviews: The interviews were very basic and little to no editting was used from what we could see, the camera movement was held still, the sound quality of the interviews seemed to be fine and uneditted, the 'live' feel is definitely present.
Noddies: There are definitely the use of noddies throughout, especially in interviews.
Presence of crew: At some points through the documentary the crew become visible to the camera and are also audible.
Non-diegetic sound: Music is used effectively, especially to give an eerie or ominous tone to certain scenes.
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