1. Subject Of Documentary: Body modification, Joel Tron.
Themes: Body modifying, appearance, perception, piercings, body
attitudes, tattoos, normality? (normal V abnormal) - Binary oppositions
Audience Response: Overall I found the documentary quite a struggle
to watch as some parts did appear at a bit of a shock. I think that it is
good that he feels that he can express his ideas and creativity through
his appearance and I admire his confidence, I think that the
documentary shows Joel at first by his appearance without getting to
know a bit more about him which makes the audience judge him and
develop their own personal views, but as the documentary progressed
you got to know about his life and it makes you realise that although he
looks a lot different compared to most people, he is still quite an
average person.
Structure/Narrative: The documentary starts by showing Joel and his
body and how his life planned out, I think that at the beginning it could
give off a negative view but as the story got further you began to
realise his life hasn't been that easy (getting sacked from a number of
previous jobs) and that he isn't a bad person. By the end of the
documentary it shows you how his life had ended up and there is a
sense of happiness being complete, there is very little negativity at the
end of the documentary.

2. Mise En Scene: There is a lot of low key lighting which leaves a lot of shadows and darkness
around Joels face which could signify mystery. The documentary follows the general structure
as when Joel is being interviewed he is placed by the camera on either the left or right of the
overall image, this is using the rule of thirds, also in the interview there is a relevant
background of an artistic mural from a tattoo parlour. Joels face/body/piercings and clothes
say a lot about him and his personality, he is very alternative and you can see that he is
experimental.
Camera: There are a lot of extreme close ups throughout the documentary and I think this is
done so that you can see all of the different body modifications in detail, I think the closer you
look at him the more you can see and it looks painful, this shows that Joel has gone through a
lot of pain to take his appearance further, some may find this admirable. The focus of the
camera changes a lot and goes over areas of Joels body a number of times changing focus.
There are a few handheld shots in the documentary, this breaks the general rules of
documentaries which could relate to Joel as it breaks normality. Dutch angle shot/Canted
angle shots show him off centre which is out of the ordinary. There are a few long shots and
establishing shots towards the end which show him and his work place.

3. Editing: There is a lot of editing in the short documentary, some of these are; fast pace
editing, cuts (frequently), fades, jump cuts, transitions. These all have significance as the
cuts could relate to the cutting and changing of Joels body and there are a lot of jump cuts
which again are against normality which could link to Joel being abnormal. The editing also
matches the songs at points.
Sound: Non diegetic sounds are used as continuous backing music throughout, it is also
modern music being played which could slightly relate to the topic of the interview. There is
also the sound of the response of the interviewee to the interviewer. Joels voice is also used
as a narrative over B-roll footage when he talks about his body modifications.
Graphics: The graphics are the credits at the beginning and at the end, there are big letters
being used which fill the whole screen with the background of the film/body in the
words, the graphics are also in dark shaded colours, this could link to reflecting aspects of
Joel by using colours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRZD8kU7jTk