Type of documentary - This documentary is fully narrated, with a woman using a voiceover that tells the story of the visuals being shown on screen.
Themes - The themes within this documentary include how the group got together, interviews with the group and also archive material and rehersing.
Narrative structure - I believe this documentary is open narrative as the audience can make their own mind up about the Spice Girls and about the making and having their own opinion about the girls.
Camerawork - Handheld camerawork is used when interviewing the girls individually, when they are talking directly to the camera, this is affective because it looks like they are talking to the audience, telling the audience their story. The camerawork during the interviews is right next to the interviewer and the interviewee speaks to them and not the camera.
Mise-en-scene - Chris Herbert (pop manager) speaks about the girls individually in an interview, and when he speaks about them one by one, a image appears behind him to set the scene/setting and to show the audeience who and what he is talking about. Microphones are also used as props during the rehersals, and also during rehersals, the setting is a big room with mirrors and sound systems to create the setting. The clothes that the girls are wearing are also affective to show how the girls have changed over the years.
Sound - The music at the beginning of the documentary is non diegetic and is added in, in the edit just as a backing track. Voice overs are also used from the narrator and other people whilst they were being interviewed and they had a cutaway of the group rehersing. Also when Chris is being interviewed, non diegetic sound is played of the girls rehersing in the background.
Editing - The word 'spice' at the beginning of the documentary is edited as the use of colour are all different etc. The interviews with the group individually are also edited in at the end when the documentary has been put together. To seperate the interviews, a cut away of 'Raw Spice' and non diegetic sound of 'We're gonna make it happen' are used to break up the interviews. Archive material is also added in when all the documentary material is put together.
Archive Material - During the documentary, footage of the group is used when they are performing and when they are rehersing at the beginning. Material from when the girls first auditioned is also used, and also when they were rehersing in the studio. Footage from when the girls got their first house together and the audience had a taster of the house is also used to show the living situations.
Graphics - 'Raw Spice' at the beginning of the documentary is used as graphics, and also credits of the pop manager Chirs Herbert is used. The graphics show the audience who people are, and why they are being interviewed how their involved with the documentaries situation.
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