9/11: Emergency Room

1. 9/11: Emergency Room Katie Chandler http://www.channel4.com/programmes/911-the-tenth-anniversary/4od

2. Synopsis FIRST BROADCAST: 9PM Mon 5 September 2011 This new film tells of the emergency treatment of the injured that took place in and around the World Trade Centre as the jets crashed and the towers fell on the morning of 9/11. Many lost their lives in the attacks, but there were also thousands of evacuating office workers and emergency responders who were burned, crushed, impaled, lacerated, blinded and traumatised. Many had life-threatening injuries. With access to new footage and testimony from those on the ground, 9/11: Emergency Room reveals how lives were saved. As the unfolding disaster effectively cut off downtown Manhattan from the rest of New York the tiny Downtown Hospital - more used to doing breast implants than major surgery - was faced with dozens of life and death operations. It also tells for the first time the story of the Dunkirk-style flotilla of boats that plied across the Hudson river to evacuate the seriously injured to safety.

3. Analysis – Camera + Filming Amateur footage included within the documentary – filmed on phones • Adds to the realism of the incident with true emotions and reactions recorded on camera • Experience the incident as it happens – amongst the witnesses Footage of the injured – audience feel sympathy – footage involves audience amongst the emergency services – able to see the chaos Limited range of camera shots – amateur footage • Zooming • Helicopter shots at very beginning – long shots – set the scene and to show the incident Shaky camera – Help feel the emotions of the person filming Close ups – Interviews – detail on their faces and expressions Camera shots fit in with what the narrator is talking about Few reconstructed shots– hospital signs

4. Analysis – Sound Non diagetic • Opens with deep humming noise – dramatic • Low drum beats – tension – denotes heart beats of the victims • Violins – associated with sympathy – encourage audience to feel that emotion • Sound changes as scenes change – helps tell the story - documentary flows • Narrator talks about emergency services and the heroes – sound becomes a lighter tone Diagetic • Screams • Sirens • Crashes • Building collapsing • Audience experiencing the reality • Narration stops as these sounds play

5. Analysis - Exposition Narrator =‘Voice of God’ • Provides framing to the documentary - Framing narrative • Informs audience • Sets the scene • Story telling • Received pronunciation • Deep serious tone Interviews • Add structure • ‘ Talking heads’ • Victims interviewed – sympathy • Emergency services interviewed – heroic • Experts interviewed • Balanced range of emotions and story telling

6. Analysis 9/11:Emergency room title • Medical document font • Behind the text – faint heart rate monitor Text on screen - Interviews • Audience build a relationship • Adds structure Range of media texts • Graphics • Photos • Set the scene • Add structure