Documentary Analysis - Special Deliveries

Type Of Documentary
Expositry as it uses a voice of god.
Broadcasted on BBC1 Northern Ireland.

Themes
Midwifery/birth.

Narrative Structure
Interviews and footage of women going through the labour stages in hospital throughout.
Around 10 minutes of the documentary is focused on one patient and then the narrative moves on. Documentary almost answers the question "why would you want to be a midwife?"

Camerawork
Talking heads interviews.
Head and shoulders shot used in interviews.
Establishing shot of the hospital used to illustrate whats being talked about and make the audience aware of the surroundings.
Panning shot of midwives in the hospital.

Mise-En-Scene
Midwives are interviewed in the hospital making them appear professional.
Coffee is visable during interview making the nurses appear down to earth.

Sound
Non diegetic sound of music - light hearted throughout to represent the light hearted and beautiful subject being discussed.
Voice of god is a womans voice as it links to the target audience and fits well with the type of documentary.
Diegetic sound of the mother's cries, emphasises the subject of the documentary.

Editing
Voice of God is explained by edited interviews.

Graphics
Names and subtitles are visable.
Thank you message to the midwives at the end of the documentary.