The structure of my documentary is in the linear structure. I have stuck to the classic narrative structure of documentary which means that you will see one interviewee on screen at a time who are telling different stories.
It starts with Frank naming iconic attractions in the city then to him talking about the history of the Albert Dock, Frank isn’t seen until the end of the documentary when he is summarising the city and he wraps the whole thing up. This technique of bringing Frank back on to the screen at the end is breaking the linear narrative structure that I originally was originally having but Frank summarised it perfectly because he looked proud and happy whilst boasting about his city. I didn’t know that I was going to use Frank at the end until I did my transcript for his interview and I seen the way he looks and what he says and also mentions people from Liverpool. I could have stuck to the linear narrative right through it by having the voiceover wrapping it up and having a montage over it but I changed my mind because of how well Frank spoke and summarised it in a question without me asking to summarise Liverpool up.
It then goes straight to my grandad who is talking about a whole new thing which is growing up in Anfield then to Paul talking about the music then the voiceover talking about the football culture then Frank bringing the documentary to an end. This part of the documentary until the end is all in linear narrative structure which was my idea from the beginning.
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