MS-13: The World's Most Dangerous Gang

Camera

•  Montage
•  B-roll footage showing random parts of the hood and gang related stuff
•  Long shot of police officer being interviewed
•  Abstract establishing shots represent USA
•  Close up on the police woman face to show the audience who she is while she is describing her self
• Mid shot of the police woman standing next to police car while she is being interviewed, this shot has been used because it links in with her job as she is a police officer
• Close up on the gun that has been used to kill two innocent men
• Close up on the “MS13” gang members and their ms13 tattoos, this has been used to show the audience who they are show their gang logo
• Long shot of L.A as L.A is the home of MS13 gang, this has been used to inform the audience where this gang lives and where the crime happens

Editing

• Jump cut has been used to make the documentary more smooth 
• Use of crosscutting between A/B roll where the person who is being interview is talking but they are showing shots of related items that he is talking about, guns and dead bodies, this has been used to make the audience realise how serious that gang is
• Freeze frame has been used to make sure that the audience memorises the object
• Graphic match has been used when the gang members gun was shown and then another similar gun has been shown but that one was seized by police
• Massive emphasis on cutaways to enhancing shots
• Fast cutting has been used to attract the audiences tension as the documentary is fast cutting between different shots of gang related things like guns and gang members

Sound

• Non-diegetic sound while there are different shots being shown
• Driven by narrator (Voice of God)
• Gun shots noises to show the audience that these gangsters are seriously dangerous
• Police sirens which represent criminal activity
• Ambient sound is being used where there is a footage of streets being shown
• Asynchronous sound has been used when there is police car on a chase for gang members
• Foley effects have been used when there was a picture of dead body
• Montage

Mise en Scene

• Archive footage of the killing that has been happening in the country where the gangsters come from
• Archive pictures of gang members and their tattoos to show the audience who they are
• Pictures of dead bodies
• Pictures of guns and seized guns
• Archive video of them doing their gang sign and them beating up other people
• Archive footage of rock concerts, this has been used to show the audience what kind of music they used to like so basically showing their history

Theme

• Criminal activity
• Gang members
• Murderers
• Law legislation