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Type of Documentary: Mixed Documentary. Themes: Music, Rock, Meat Loaf, Money, Marketing, Production, Consumption of Music.

Narrative Stucture: Voice of God narration, Linear narration but has circular elements, Narrative diverts to show wide context.

Camerawork: Use of Green Screen, Rule of Thirds/ Talking head shots, Chroma Key. Handheld camera work, Tracking Shots, and Canted Tracking shots. Mise-En-Scene: Recording studio in background of some of the interviews, one of the interviewees wears a wig, Camera's and Microphones are shown on screen, Tape Machine, A lot of constructed M.E.S. Sound: Music from Meat Loaf, e.g. "Bat out of Hell", Heart Beat in background in one of the interviews.

Editing: Interviews included green screen images, people fade in and out of screen, Lots of merchandise visuals, Slow Motion Editing. Archive Material: Most of the documentary was archive material some of it was: the music videos, Brit Awards footage, behind the scenes footage of Meat Loaf. Graphics: Use of Quotes went across the screen, simple font & cover, Music Biz logo appears on screen on numerous occasions, People's names and job description appears on screen.

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