In terms of construction this documentary involves:
• Several interviews with subjects
• Around a couple of minutes of footage before the title sequence which engages the audience and introduces the subject matter at the same time.
• The documentary is dominated by long takes.
• Present are synchronous sound for example the speech and any other noises on screen and asynchronous sound when the voiceover is used and when music is played during the title sequence and at relevant points in the documentary. An example of the asynchronous sound is the mexican band music which is played when they enter Mexico on their trip.
• The manner of the interviewing and whole documentary is quite informal which is often the best way when dealing with the people Louis does!
• Most of the shots are taken on a handheld/steadicam camera apart from the location shots/establishing shots at the beginning of scenes which are shot using a tripod.
• At the end of most scenes there is a black screen transition into the next scene, this is more prominent in controversial parts of the documentary after a particularly shocking or disturbing scene because there isn't anything else that can be said after it.
• The scenes in this documentary are very tense and awkward, particularly because Louis is Jewish and obviously the modern day Nazis (and original Nazis) would have normally beat up/killed a Jewish person.
• Seeing as the camera crew are following Louis throughout the documentary therefore the main shot used along with motivated cuts and mid shots is the tracking shot as they follow Louis as he moves from one place to another.
• The documentary ends in the same way it began with Louis approaching the house, of Tom Metzger (above) and a frog figurine croaking at him, completing a full circle story.
Here is an extract from the documentary:
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