Supersize Me Screen grabs and analysis

Camera shotsThe shot type on the left shows the food that Morgan Spurlock has bought from McDonalds. This is a good shot as it has been used to exaggerate the amount of food he is taking in for one meal. The shot type above shows a close up of

Morgan Spurlock eating his food. This is to show how the food is really impacting his health and how he is struggling to eat all of the food he has bought. The facial expression shown here clearly shows that he doesn't feel good and is starting to show regret on his face on why he is doing this.

The shot type below is a great camera shot because it shows the sugar intake that he has taken in over the time period of his experiment. This is to used to shock the audience on how much sugar is actually contained within fast food.

The shot type to the right shows a medium close up. This is used in the documentary mainly to do interviews. The interviews are shown to audience about the facts about our health and how fast food would impact our health.

Camera shots

Establishing shot is used here to show where Morgan Spurlock is going to purchase his next McDonald’s product. This is to emphasise the size of some of the McDonald's franchises are.

The shot type above shows a mid shot of Morgan eating his meal. The majority of the time, he eats the meal either in his car or within the store.

Editing The shot type to the right shows the big brands that we know of in today’s society surrounding GMA representative. This is because all these brands are part of the company.

The shot type to the left shows a cartoon clip of how chicken nuggets are made at McDonald’s. Real footage is not used as it would be to graphic so cartoon footage is used to give an overview of how they are made.

The shot type on the right shows a teenager who is talking about how corporate companies are making the average teenager feel because of the teenage models that are advertised everywhere. The editing shows the average teenager to the models.

Editing Editing technique used here is to show the different days Morgan Spurlock has obtained his experiment. As you can see in the bottom left corner of the screen shot, you can see the words ‘Day 3’. This would have been edited in for the viewers so they know where he is up to with his quest on how fast food affect the human body.

In the this screen shot we can see text being highlighted. In the actual video, the screen zooms in to the text and highlights keywords and phrases from what Morgan Spurlock is narrating. This is editing that has been added in to add emphasis to the point that Morgan is trying to make.

During Supersize Me, different shots of food have different editing techniques to show what Morgan Spurlock is consuming. The screen shot to the right shows a meal that Morgan Spurlock has bought from McDonalds and the editing he is the way the camera zooms out of the close up of the food. The original shot was just a shot of the pancake but once zoomed out, it then shows the full meal.

Mise-en-Scene The Mise-en-scene in the documentary is based around Morgan eating his food either in one of McDonald’s Franchises or in the comfort of his car. This is to show what food he is getting and where it is from. He has chose McDonalds because its one of the worlds favourite fast food restaurants and the now the option has been given to them to enlarge their meal by supersizing. The documentary is mainly based in New York but Morgan Spurlock travels out to Texas to find out information about the food industry. While he is there he still carries on with the experiment eating a McDonald’s everyday for every meal.

Sound The sound in the documentary is more based on Morgan Spurlock talking and narrating about the information about the fast food industry. Also in some clips, there is background music for example when he is quoting some letters about food industry. The other sounds that are in the documentary are natural sounds such as the noise coming from a McDonald’s store. This is to show the type of environment you can expect in a McDonald’s Branch.