Documentaries

Documentaries or Docu-soaps



Typical Examples

Pawn Stars
Duck Dynasty
American Pickers
Storage Wars
American Restoration

Pawn Stars intro:

 

Symbolic codes:
Shots of characters, shows the vast range of items brought into the pawn shop; cars, motorcycles jewellery etc. Shows the shop in the show isn't just your average buy and sell and it has valuable items. The setting of the show is established from the final shot as Las Vegas from the flash sign.
The sound track heavily features drums and guitar, mainly in a rock n roll country style which shows the show is American.

Technical codes:
The camera angles are mainly featuring on the characters an the items, lower angle shots of characters and ECU's of certain parts of items. Voice over gives an introduction to characters and what the show is about, the items brought in will have stories with them that will be a part of the show so it isn't just a boring buy and sell show, also says the shop has been open for 21 years which is an insite to the heritage.

Written Codes:
The text in the clip is in the background on a sign, it shows that the show is about a pawn shop and the way the sign is set up covered in casino esque lights shows the show is in Las Vegas


Duck Dynasty clips: