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Frozen Planet S1 E3 “Summer” Peter Brooks
Type of Documentary • Mixed • Observational at points
Themes • Summer • Ice • Animals • The Beginning of Life Binary Opposites • Life vs Death • Water vs Land
Narrative structure • Linear (In Order) • MultiStrand • Closed Narrative (All enigmas answered)
Camerawork • Establishing shot of location (Arctic) shows location and gives the viewer something to look at whilst the Narrator informs the audience. • Long shots of flowers and greenery shows that it is summer MISE EN SCENE • White shows that it is the arctic • Greenery shows that it is summer
Editing • Long cuts to show what the male Polar Bear was doing whilst the Narrator describes it. • Time-lapse of planet earth to show the time passing by and the ice melting. ARCHIVE MATERIAL • Earth Time-lapse showing ice melting GRAPHICS End credits has picture of planet in the background