The Meth Epidemic

Type of Documentary:

-Mixed

Themes:

-The causes of Cyrstal Meth

-Drug Abuse

-Medicines

-How easy it is to make Crystal Meth

-The part that the police play in trying to stop the epidemic froim getting worse

-Reality, as it focuses on a real lfife situation that people have to face

Narrative Structure
-The documentary prodominately folows a linear narrative as it follows the story of the meth epidemic from the start to the finish.

-The linear narrative also follows and analysises the progress people are taking on coming off the drug, and also the highest and lowest time periods in which the drug was abused.

Camerawork:

-Close ups and Extreme close ups

-Tracking

-Medium shots

-Secretive and discrete filming

-Birds eye shots of the country

-Pan when in the office of people working

-Lots of interviews happen in the documentary, leading to talking head shots

Mise-En-Scene:

-Police cells, Offices, Computers-Trying to get an understanding across to the audience of how the epidemic has affected people and the police from the polices own prespective

-Lots of shots of medicines and household appliances as that is whats required to make crystal meth

-American flag is often on screen and lots of different shots of the country

-People working in factories which is used to shock the audience

-Establising shots of peoples homes that have been affected by the crystal meth addicts

-Shots of the working enviroments police officers have to work in which gives the audience a first hand experience of the work that the police officers have to do

Sound:
-Police alarms and sirens

-Police radios

-Chilling music-To portray the harsh realities of crystal meth

-Rock music-Because rockers were the first people to start using the drug in that specific time era

Editing:
-Slow transitions between still images to compare the before and after effects of crystal meth on a person

-Lots of blurring, cuts and fade in a blur

Archeive Material:
-Photographs and images of peoiple that have previously used crystal meth

-Images and video footage of homes affected by meth users and what the childrens living conditions were like

-CCTV and helicopter footage

Graphics:

-Statistics of the rise and fall of people using crystal meth in America

-Images of crystal meth abusers

-Opening titles

-Interviewers and the role they have in the documentary