The principal subject of this documentary is Dracula, the story, legened and the man who inspired him Vlad the Impalar. It talks about the stories behind Vlad and how he inspired the vampire story. It also talks about hte history of the town Vlad was in, Vlads own history, how vampires myths could have started.
The film has many interviews with all people that could have presence in the analysis of Dracula. They interview peole form the town in which Dracula was born and lived. you find that Vlad the Impalara was a national hero there. They interview scholoars who talk baout Vlads life. They interviewed a vampire hunter as well.
When talking about Vlad the Impaler life, they often show clips from other films centered around Vlads life when talking about specific times in his life. Also they show paintings and drawings of Vlad and his conquest. When talking about Dracula the novel they show several shots from the film adaptations.With adtions of these shots they want us to expirence not only the film and words but also get a sence of what they are talking baout letting our sight help in the overall picture of who Vlad and Dracula were.
The voice over that the film uses is used to add additional knowledge that who they were interviewing did not fully convey at the time. Also the voice over is used as a transition at times. It is used so that multiple points could be brought together without seeming awkward.
The documentary does not seem to have spontaneouse dialouge. The time the people are interviewed they are usually shown in an establishing shot and then introduced.The people interviewd in the film are citizens of the town where Vlad lived inorder to get an insight on public opinion of Vlad. Others are scholars who talk about the conquests of Vlad to help understand who he was. The scholars also talk about the life back in the 1500's to give insight into how cruel Vlad may have been. They bring in doctors to understand how the vampire myths may have been creating by talking about vampire like symptoms of the film.
They use many paintings of Vlad, to show how t=he was seen in the ancient times.Some of hte scenes are composed. when talking in the city Vlad was born in there is the presence of a statue of Vlad behind who is being interviewed.
The interviews the Documentary film maker uses are heavily edited. Many of the interviewers are brought up several times through out the length of the film. The way the film is edited is it starts with the idea of dracula, has people brought up about htat then slowly moves into Vlad, how Vlad came to power and his life, how vlad represented dracula and how vampires came about. Through out the film many people are brought up again as they have many points for the different topics.
When talking about torture, the undead and being buried alive the is a slight dramatic score going on in the background. Them music creates a more dangerous atmosphere around the information being presented.
The film maker do-sent change angels much. They usually start with an establishing shot of the interviewee then move to a close up of the the interviewee. From there the camera stays in a fixed position. At time the camera is angled different to show something behind the interviewee or to reveal something else.
Overall the documentary was very effective. It gave out valuble inforamtion of the start of Dracula the actual dracula and the implications the actual dracula has today. It also gave out valuble inforamtion on how vampire myths and legends may have been started and how they have evolved through out the ages
