Similar Product Research by Kate Parkinson. Candidate number - 9204

Tattoo Age: Mutsuo

Mise-en-scene
View of the city its filmed in, the buildings, lights, sunset.
Tattoo artist introduced - driving in his car.
First interview - with a tattoo artist.
Tattoo artist walking into the shop.
Watching a person get there tattoo done.
Look at Mutsuo doing a tattoo in the reflection of a mirror.
Images of different peoples tattoos.
Interview with another tattoo artist - equipment and designs in the background.
More images of different peoples tattoos.
Most designs are very colourful.
Another clip of Mutsuo doing a tattoo.
Clip of Mutsuo taping up someones tattoo.
Shot of the outside of the shop and the name.
Mutsuo walking down the street in Japan - shops, buildings, roads, etc. in the background.
Japanese people walking around the streets.
Shots of the inside of the shop.
Shot of different customers and workers in the shop.
Old images of Mutsuo doing tattoos.
A lot of filming gets done in the tattoo places, this is personal and gives close up looks in detail at the life of these tattoo artists and why they do what they do and the type of people that come into the shop. We will try to find a place that will let us film them and the shop as I think that would be effective.

Camera shots/Movements/Angles
Establishing shot, Osaka Japan, where it is filmed.
Close up of the first guy introduced driving in his car.
Mid-shot of the main guy getting out of his car.
Close up of another tattoo artist getting interviewed.
Tracking of the artist walking into the shop.
Close up of them doing a tattoo.
Mid shot of someone getting there tattoo done.
Close ups of images of peoples tattoos.
Mid shot of another guy getting interviewed.
Close up of a person getting their tattoo done.
Close up of concentration on tattooists face.
They use plenty of close ups of customers getting there tattoos done, this gives the documentary detail and as every documentary I'v analysed so far uses this angle I think it would be good to use for ours.

Audience
The target audience for any tattoo documentary will be people between the ages of 16-40 as that age group will be people most likely to have tattoos or be thinking of getting tattoos. This is quite a modern documentary so may attract more of the younger generation. It is also international as it is filmed in Japan so the audience may be mixed nationality and can make a comparison to their culture. The video is very male dominant, the tattoo artists are male and all the customers filmed were male, this could just be because the shop is in Japan but it may put women off watching.

Mode
Using Bill Nichols modes of documentary I can see that this documentary is expository mode as there is  a voice over being used to explain detail of what's going on and about the artist and his shop. The camera crew is never visible on camera or ever heard. They have original footage of Mutsuo doing tattoos and archive footage of him doing old tattoos. It informs the audience of his background which lead him to be a tattoo artists and his inspiration of his designs. Other people getting interviewed praise the artist for his work and describe his work ethic.

How this will help our development
Our documentary will be a modern look at the tattoo age and people's views and thoughts on tattoos in modern times. We will use old images of people getting tattooed and original footage and videos as this looks effective and makes the artist look more experienced. I like the idea of footage being mostly in the shop as its personal and a detailed look at everyday life of an artist and what happens, i will see if I can use this in ours.