Louis Theroux - BBC - 'Gambling in Las Vegas' - Notes

himself narrating whilst slow jazz style music played over,his style narrating= easy listener,storyteller and interview style
 - capture 'the people' - how they feel (agony aunt style)
 - mainstream=millions visit Vegas - so its something lots of different people have experienced
 - showing the experience of gambling himself and the joy of winning,and the despair of loosing
 - old women gambler="it happens" (referring to loosing) - showing her approach to gambling is not taking it seriously that she loosing and just continues on with her addiction
 - lots of closeups on  expressions of determination of winning
 - "its not my business" -man who works at the casino,who saying he doesn't recommend gambling,but people will never stop
 - sound=Elvis 'its now or never',showing a touch of comedy in what Louis views of Vegas are (driving down the Vegas strip)
 - "what can you do,she likes to gamble"=son taking about his gambling addicted mother
 - lots of closeups on the mother (elderly women) talking about their money issues - hand-held style camera work
 - fast jazz music as various casinos and Vegas in general flash up on the screen - fast cut editing
 - "lady luck tantalises me,once you get lucky you cant stop" (elderly women,with addiction)
 - "willing victims" - people who gamble

Louis tells a good story,and shows interesting characters=
the gambling addicted old women,spending all her sons inheritance money

Louis makes the audience=

 - despair - for the man who lost everything on holiday in Vegas

 - wonder - what it would be like to win or loose (personally)

 - judge - why do people do it in the first place?