By Emre Kurt

Documentary films differ from the typical Hollywood movies because of one reason. While movies tend to be fictional stories acted out by known celebrities or striving stars, documentaries are non fictional stories that are perhaps narrated by a single individual. The goal of a documentary is not to develop a fictional story, but essentially to tell a realistic and true story by presenting facts and interviews.

A good documentary tells a story. It has a set up, in which it ensures the audience become emotionally invested in the characters. The documentary then takes you on an emotional and informative journey through the characters experiences, finally closing with a pay off. The thing that makes a good documentary a hard thing to achieve is that you have to find the story.

This Documentary series in which two extreme eaters, one very overweight and the other severely underweight. Both seek help as their conditions are getting worse or that they have had enough and they want to sort there health out. They go on this documentary and they swap diets in an attempt to change the way they view food and eating. This documentary is on Channel 4 every Tuesday evening at 8pm. This documentary is 60 minutes long. I believe that the target audience for this documentary is for skinny and overweight people that are seeking advice to sort their health out. They can watch this documentary to gain advice on what to do. This documentary is rated 6.6 from IMBD.com which proves that this documentary is ok and that some people are attracted to it.

There are many conventions of a documentary of Supersize vs Superskinny. A Interview takes places in this documentary where the doctor has a conversation with the contestant. There are also Facts in this documentary. This documentary has both diegetic and non-diegetic sounds like the sounds in the background. Voice over in some parts of the documentary, There is Natural lighting and sound. As you can see this documentary also have titles and subheadings. I have print screened some evidence to prove what I am saying.