Super Size Me Presence Director Morgan Spurlock was present all throughout the documentary Super Size Me (Morgan Spurlock, 2004.) Morgan Spurlock was the centerpiece to this puzzle of a documentary. Morgan Spurlock was included in almost every scene. The film focused on the body's reaction to consuming nothing but Mcdonald's for 30 days, and the director was involved in the whole experiment. There is no star bigger than the director in this mid 2000’s documentary, other recurring characters include his girlfriend (Alex Jamieson) and the doctors that helped him along the way. The way Morgan Spurlock conducts this documentary is very interesting, he was involved in mostly everything hands on. He interviewed people, asked doctors for questions, …show more content…
There are a large amounts of variety in camera angles throughout the whole documentary. The documentary included close shots to when he was devouring large amounts of fast food to show the audience of how fast food is close but dangerous. He was also nauseated when he was eating these foods, and those shots were also close shots. He has longer shots that show the full body when he's interviewing individuals about fast food. Morgan Spurlock also has clips were he's interviewing attorneys and professors and the doctors head on and not showing their whole body to show their facial expressions. The documentary also has very long shots when showing fast food establishments from a distance and zooming in. Throughout the whole documentary the audience are treated to a bunch of camera angles, but all of the camera angles makes sense and aren't confusing to the …show more content…
He was involved in so much that he basically made the film, directed, and starred in it. Every fact that Morgan Spurlock aimed toward the audience regarding fast food and its damages hit home. Peter Bradshaw who is a british writer for The Guardian explains that “Morgan Spurlock has produced a very funny and disquieting film about McDonald's in the Mooresque style”(2004). The overall performances by everyone in this movie were all put together to convey a serious message about the fast food corporations and how they're affecting the
Fast food, while a quick alternative to cooking, has always been known to be less healthy than traditional preparations, but the extent of its health benefits or detriments was not known until a lawsuit came out which inspired documentarian Morgan Spurlock to engage in a 30 day experiment. The resultant documentary specifically targeted McDonald’s, the largest fast food chain in the world, which also happens to be a major recipient of lawsuits linking obesity and their food. Spurlock endeavored to spend a thirty day period eating nothing but food that came from the golden arches, with the rules that he would supersize only when asked, and every time he was asked, and that he would have everything from the menu at least once. In the 2004 film Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock explores the concept that McDonald’s contributes to the nation’s obesity problem through the utilization of statistics and scientific evidence as a logical appeal, comedy and repulsive qualities as an emotional appeal, and s...
Even though on his own he may have been able to get his point across of how fast food can destroy a body, he still consults with all types of doctors and specialists. Spurlock even goes out to schools and the streets to interview random people to help his belief in the subject matter. McDonald's is one of the multiple fast food restaurants that serve greasy and oversized meals that are harmful to the human body. Throughout a thirty day McDonald's only diet, Spurlock surrounds himself with logos, ethos, and pathos to impact the viewer's opinion on the true cost of eating fast food regularly.
...lly has a critic. To strengthen the arguments and persuade viewers to their side of the debate, film makers tend to present only one side of the story. Specific placement of an object, the choice of words and the selection of scenes are possible elements that could be woven into documentaries to shape viewers’ perspectives on certain issues. Fat Head is a great case in point, which is likely to convert some public opinion about the ideology of healthy eating. Documentaries may contain biases that mislead the viewers; presenting ‘facts’ but perhaps not revealing the entire picture. Therefore, in a sense, documentaries can be truthful, but also fallacious. It is imperative to evaluate the techniques used in documentaries, in order to distinguish readily from what is fantasy. It could be concluded that Fat Head and Super Size Me are two version of the same reality.
Speech in most television and film based settings most commonly take on the form of a set of dialogue line between characters. Dialogue does not primarily address the viewers but in some cases can. Characters tend to speak to one another as if we were not there to listen in on their conversation but in some situations, however, a character may go on to dismiss this convention and break the “fourth wall” and will spend their time speaking directly to the audience. Spurlock does just this by spending the duration of the documentary directly addressing the audience when not interviewing other people of interest. We see this how he comments on the things around him and things that are said to him. For example we are given multiple opportunities to see Spurlock on his own where he may be eating, ordering food or performing another various activity but all the while addressing his at the time fake audience. By doing this throughout the film, Spurlock builds up a certain relationship with the audience. This is done so that the audience can relate to Spurlock emotionally, as if they personally knew him. By directing interviews, health check-ups, and providing information to the audience, Spurlock shows he is concerned with the situation at hand and provides the audience with the impression that he understands what the others are talking about as well as what he himself is saying. Thusly, Spurlock quickly earns our respect and institutes his credibility all at the same time. These aspects help him create a solid standing in the footholds of an omniscient narrator that can be trusted by the
Morgan Spurlock decided to make this documentary to investigate the fast food companies, and the effects of certain fast food chains products, particularly McDonalds, on the health of society. This Documentary explores the United States growing epidemic of obesity and diabetes as well. Morgan decides to eat nothing but McDonald's food for thirty days. He must eat one of everything on the menu at least once, and when asked to super size his meal he must do so. Another stipulation of Morgan's experiment is that he can only take 5,000 steps a day to replicate the exercise that most average Americans get on a daily basis. He must also eat three meals a day, no exceptions and if McDonalds doesn't serve it Morgan can't eat it.
The most recognizable use of pathos in the documentary involves real people who have been negatively affected by the food industry. A mother whose young old child died after eating hamburger infected with E. coli is especially moving. Another family depicted supports the point that the fast food is cheaper than more nutritious fruits and vegetables. The family consists of a husband and wife and two young daughters. The girls visit a grocery store and weigh fruits in order to determine if they can to buy any as the mother looks on sadly. The mother chooses to buy fast food burgers because they are more filling and affordable. The father in this family has Type II Diabetes caused by poor diet. The family’s limited income creates a dilemma whether to buy cheap food and ...
Spurlock successfully elicits strong emotional responses from his viewers to help win their support. The imagery, humor, music, and responses of his doctors and family to his diminishing condition all aid in creating a bond between himself and his audience. His use of gruesome images such as vomiting after eating, close-ups of the bellies and butts of fat Americans, greasy and disgusting looking food, and the detailed foota...
Obesity in America can be considered to be at an all time high, and this is particularly evident in the documentary. One man was brave enough to take on the challenge to show America what they were actually putting into their bodies when eating fast food. By using ethos, logos, and pathos, “Supersize Me” became one of the most watched documentaries in the history of United States film and shocked people throughout the nation. Without the use of these rhetorical appeals, this documentary quite possibly would not have had the effect that it did on its audience. The documentary was very successful in getting its’ main thesis across. The audience left the documentary with a different view on the fast-food industry and the growing problem of obesity in the United States. Essentially, the director achieved his goal of influencing a nation.
The emotional feel or atmosphere created by the documentary was just trying to help. You could tell that they want to help people and make sure they are all healthy and can live the right lifestyle. While watching this film I encountered many things I found questionable. I found three claims to be bias/ controversial in this documentary: it uses correlation as causation, they claim someone having health issues can be solved by cutting meat out of their diet, and lastly they only use one study to prove their method, and it is the one that one of the main people in the movie made.
America has always been about being the biggest nation: the biggest houses, the biggest cars, biggest cities and unfortunately the biggest bodies. There is no doubt that fast food is causing major health problems for many Americans today. In his documentary, Super Size Me, released in 2004 Morgan Spurlock decides to eat only food from McDonald’s for thirty days to see how it would affect his health. Spurlock starts out healthier than the average man for his age. Throughout the film, we can see that his health gradually degenerates and reaches a critical point, before his thirty days are over. Super Size Me is very persuasive in showing the negative effect in fast food restaurants by using logos, pathos, and ethos.
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One example of how the food industry is ruthless is when one of the CEOs of a fast-food chain states they are part of the problem is hired immediately. Though I don’t not find this wrong because if I was a stock-holder with my life savings invested within his company I would without a doubt have him fired for placing my money at risk. That is the harsh reality of economics, you cannot place you company in shock by either a damaging statement or bad executive move. I found most disturbing about the movie was how a case was being made against McDonalds that two obese teens did not know fast-food was unhealthy (Spurlock). Regardless of how they lived word of mouth had to have taught them fast food is not healthy, and if that didn’t health education has been in place for years now teaching us
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First, my personal reaction to this is documentary is an eye opener. I knew McDonalds was more harmful to than other fast food places, but I never knew about the lawsuit between McDonalds and it consumers. I never saw McDonalds as having big impact on my life; this is probably because the McDonald’s in my hometown never had a super-size option. In the video, Spurlock conducted interviews to gain ...
In 2004, Spurlock films a documentary about the dangers of fast food with hopes of helping two girls prove a point to the courts that McDonald’s made them fat. He films majority of the documentary in New York, he eats McDonald’s three times a day for a whole month, which gains the name “McDiet”. With the McDiet, comes five rules that bring Spurlock to doing things that the “average” American does daily. He also has a set of rules that he has to live by for that month. He has to eat three meals a day, he only is only able to consume items from McDonald’s, he has to supersize his meals when asked, eat every item off the menu at least once, last but not least, he can only take 5000 steps a day. To him, the McDiet is the ultimate defense for the girls and his theories.