http://www.freedocumentaries.org/theatre.php?filmid=98&id=1016&wh=1000×720
This week i watched Morgen Spurlock’s Super Size me, the main idea of this documentary is quite interesting: the filmmaker ate nothing but McDonald’s food for a whole month and his health was getting worse. Morgen use the word ‘Super size’ which is a portion in the McDoald’s menu to indicate the fast food restaurant are making American’s bodies more fat than before.
The structure:
Use the Day 1-30 timeline and mix up with lots of interviews, footages and animations
At the first 4:45 mins, there is a instruction part which use diagrams, animations and newspapers to mention that how serious about American’s obesity and the popularity of the McDonald’s all over the world. The most attractive thing is, the filmmaker use lots of real numbers and photos to show the serious situation in the US and he will give the link with obesity and McDonald’s next part.
At the next part, the filmmaker measured his physical indicators and interview some people who has their own suggestions about obesity, from the professers to the passerby, before he start to eat McDonald’s during the whole month. Then his declining heath during that time was seen as a direct result of this unhealthy diet. During this time, he also interviewed some schools’ canteens and phoned the directors of Mcdonald’s.
At the final part, he compared his physical indicators than one month ago, to find out his body fat from 11% to 18%! And he also used a animation to explain which diseases he will have. There are also showed some people and organizations who against the fast food at the end music ’super size’.
This documentary use the humorous approach and unique idea, maybe which is the most successful point, to spread out a serious situation in America.
