the real Godfathers: Al Capone

Type of Documentary

It was a mixed documentary as it had archive footage, narration and interviews.

Themes

It was about the uprising of Al Capone, how he became untouchable, how he made all his money ilegaly selling alcohol and all the people he killed.

Narrative Structure

At the start it talks about how he grew up in the middle it talked about how he made his way up the ranks in the mafia and how he got away with murder also how he pushed alcohol, and eventualy how he was killed.

Camera Work

They had close ups of the people they were interviewing to show the expressions.
non-diagetic narration was used and the natural diagetic sound of gunfire from the archive footage.

Sound

non-diagetic narration was used and the natural diagetic sound of gunfire from the archive footage.

Archive Material

The archive material was majorly used in this documentary with many pictures of murder victims and Al Capone a video clip is of a Shooting.

Graphics

There were just small simple graphics used to introduce the interviewees.