SUPERSIZE ME ANALYSISHarry-Stephen Weedall

CAMERA WORKThe screen grab on the left hand side shows a close up of the product from McDonalds. This has been used to exaggerate made visible to the audience how the ‘Quarter Pounder’ actually looks and what exactly it is that is having such a bad effect on his body.

The screen grab on the right is a mid shot of the man taking on

the ‘Supersize Me’ challenge. It is clearly used to get both the

man and the burger he is bought in the same shot.

The picture above shows a close up of the McDonalds sign to grab the audiences attention and represent the company that the programme is based on. It is also used to inform the audience of the company and could be used as a warning to customers.

The screenshot taken below is another mid shot. This time representing a chicken nugget shaped as a foot. It is another close up used to represent another McDonalds product.

CAMERA WORK (2)

This shot above. Is a tracking shot. Used following the food up the stairs whilst he complains about how he is feeling. The camera work is focused on the food during this point to show what is causing the damage.

The shot above is a two shot. It has been used to allow room for both the man and the doctor in the same shot, whilst describing the effects of the challenge.

The screen grab above shows the man with his McDonalds meal. It could be used to emphasize how much is actually there and all of the fatty and unhealthy food and drinks.

EDITINGThroughout this documentary a variety of different uses

of editing was used. Including fade-in fade-out, cartoon, shot reverse shot and fast motion.

Fade-in fade-out is used in the documentary to show the pass of time.

Cartoons where used to make processes in the food making easier to understand for younger children.

Shot reverse shots where used throughout the documentary to present different facial expressions and opinions between the doctor and the man doing the challenge.

MISE EN SCENEThe Mise en Scene of the documentary

was obviously based in and around McDonalds. As well as the health centre and his home. Although the documentary was based on McDonalds the actual location of McDonalds is varied for example at one point in the documentary he travelled to Texas, when the main basis of it was New York.

SOUND

Throughout the documentary there are a variety of different uses. For example, diagetic and non-diagetic sound when the man eating in the car you can hear the traffic in the background, and different music played throughout clips.

There is also verbal sound and dialogue that uses different features such as direct address between the cast of the documentary.