Louis Theroux documentary: Thai brides

In this documentary Louis Theroux travels to Thailand to research the resons for why so many british people travel to the country looking for young thai women to marry, and the agencys used to help promote this. In the documentary he interviews people who are responsible for the running of these different marriage agencies in the country and the reasons for why they decide to do this.

Throughout the documentary Louis Theroinx interacts with the audience by informing them continueously about what is happening, where he is going and who he is talking to. This allows the audenice to feel part of the documentary beacause they two are aware of what is happening. He continues to ask the people that he interviews questions to why they would want to marry through a marriage agency. He allows the interviewees to express their own opinions and often replies with another question. This in a way could show the audience bias because he tries to create humour in some of the questions and is very sarcastic when he asks for reasons of the fact why britsih people only go to the country looking for an easy way to find a women in which they can marry.

The use of the hand held camera follows both theroux and the people that he interviews throughout the documentary which creates a feeling that we are there with them watching as they are being interviewed. This camera type allows the audience to see both facial expressions and creates a sense of realism as we feel that we are there watching them discuss the issues. The use of the didegic sound of the people talking in the background and the sound of the cars when they are walking outside shows the audience the realism of the documentary as you would not hear this if it was edited.

The use of the voice over allows Theroux to explain to the audience about what has happened and where he plans to go next and who he is talking to. Through this and the interviews he can also create humour through this as we beilieve whatever he says is true. He also tells us how he feels about the situation and would tell the audience how he feels in an attempt to gain trust and understanding with the audience. Theroux at this point knows that what he is seeing is unusual and feels that by using a voice over to explain his own opinions to the audience in a way can also relate to how they are also feeling at this ponit to.