Documentaries: Kenny Rogers cards on the table

Documentaries: Kenny Rogers cards on the tableThis is a mixed documentaryThemes- Country music is a rather large theme within this documentary as that is what genre of music Kenny Rogers plays.- Psychedelic music is also a topic within the documentary, before Kenny was a solo country singer he was in a psychedelic rock band.- Celebrity fame is an important section within the documentary, it shows the lives of rich folk singers such as Kenny.

Narrative structure- Voice of God is used, this is conventional for mixed documentaries, the voice spoken is stndard English which would also be seen as conventional.- Single stranded documentary which means it only focuses on one topic e.i. Kenny Rogers.- The narration continued throughout the documentary giving audience information about Kennys life.Camera Work- Interviews are filmed with rule of thirds, this means the interviewee is off to one side of the screen and does not directly address the camera.- Zooms on still images from the past to identify certain people the narration is talking about.- Establishing shots of places which are relevant to country music e.i. Nashville is where Kenny was born

Mise en scene- Lots of achieve footage of Kenny performing earlier gigs.- Lots of Instruments within the documentary which relate to the musical theme.- Observational footage of country music festivals that Kenny has played.- Posters and album covers that relate to Kenny.

- Some conventional set up of interviews e.g. the background relates to music.

Sound- Diegetic sound of musical instruments throughout the document.- Non diegetic music relates to topic as they are Kenny Rogers songs- Diegetic dialogue of interviewees speaking - Diegetic dialogue of narration speaking.

- Diegetic dialogue of artists performing.

Achieve material

- Achieve footage taken from the movie the gambler, the footage relates to the title of this documentary.- Footage of Kenny performing live concerts in the past some of which include dolly Parton - Old photos of Kenny and old posters featuring the bands he was in.

- Footage of Kennys home guitar class and footage of him performing with his psychedelic band.- Achieve footage of Kenny performing festivals such as Glastonbury 2013 and USA for Africa the American band aid.Editing and graphics- Cut aways when achieve footage ends to provide the audience with visuals to keep attention.- The interviewers voice is cut out when asking the questions which is conventional.- B-roll used to cover up jump cuts in between answers to questions. E.g. when they talk about Islands in the stream it cuts to a performance of it- Sometimes in between cuts the editor used a flash transaction to represent stardom.

Titles of the names and their position within music or Kennys lifeof interviewees e.g. David Foster (producer)Larry Butler (Music producer)

Title of documentary Kenny Rogers: Cards on the table title relates to roll he played in The gambler.