Research - Findings from documentary analysis

Codes and conventions I found from completing my documentary textual analyses:

• Range of shots (establishing, mid-shot, close-up etc.)
• Variety of different interviews 
• Subject often placed in one third of the frame (rule of thirds)
• Middle class, older male presenter
• In expository documentaries, there is often a 'voice of God' narration.
• Cutaway shots anchoring what is being said
• Non-diegetic music used in the background 
• Archived footage often used