This documentary analyzes Morgan Spurlock's 2004 documentary "Supersize Me". It examines the documentary's form and themes. The documentary uses a mixed style with narration, observations, and interviews. It addresses themes of fast food, health, diet, and obesity. Through handheld camerawork and zooms, it aims to make the viewer feel like they are experiencing the journey with Spurlock. Advertisements, images, and medical professional interviews provide context about fast food marketing and health impacts. Numbers and credits provide narrative closure on Spurlock's experience and subsequent check-ins with individuals featured.

1. D O C U M E N T A R Y A N A L Y S I S .
Supersized Me!

2. Type And Themes.
 Type of Documentary- Mixed Documentary. As it
includes narration, observation and interviews.
 It can also be seen as a self reflexive documentary as
the each person is talking to the audience through a
camera by acknowledging the presence of the
camera.
 Themes- Fast Food, Healthy eating, Dieting/health,
personal responsibility for health. And obeisity.

3. Narrative structure.
 It is both open and closed at the end of the
documentary as we are told about his journey but not
everything has been answered and the audience are
still left with some enigmas.
 It is a linear documentary as it is in chronological
order.
 It is a multi stranded documentary, with underlining
messages.

4. Camerawork
 In Supersized me There are lots of zooms in and out of foods and
lunch rooms to display to the audience what young children are
eating from a young age and how much people are put in danger at
such a vulnerable age not knowing what is in their food and not
really caring about what they are putting into their body.
 There is also lots of handheld camera throughout the documentary
to portray that the audience is going on a journey and to make the
audience feel like they are actually there with him; in his car/his
home and in the restaurants.
 Wide angles have also been used to show the audience what has
been happening and open the audiences eyes to what can/is really
happening.
 During interviews a medium close up has been used to allow the
screen room to write who they are and what they do for a living.

5. Medium Close Up.

6. Wide angle
This wide angle has been used to make the audience
see what can really happen if they continue eating this
type of fast food.

7. Mise-en-scene
 The mise en scene used is mainly McDonalds itself, as
the film is based on food served here the documentary is
mainly based in store due to the 90 meals Spurlock needs
to buy for his ‘diet’ and the numerous amounts of drinks
and snacks throughout the 30 days.
 The weather during filming is mainly cold and snowy,
this is pathetic fallacy as it has portrayed how Spurlock is
feeling in this situation and as the weather gets worse
and worse, the lighting becomes duller therefore
portraying the emotions that Spurlock is going through.

8. Advertisements
The documentary uses different versions of
advertisements and images to display what
McDonalds is like in other countries compared to
America.

9. Sound
 Both Diegetic and Non Diegetic sounds were used in
the documentary.
 Mostly Diegetic sounds were used which were mainly
the voices of people being interviewed and the
interviewer. They mainly used these to inform the
audience about certain things in the food industry.
 The non Diegetic sounds used in this documentary
were McDonalds propaganda to allow the audience
to see how they draw younger people in with the
energetic

10. Editing
 Most of the editing used in this documentary was
continual cuts because the director wanted to make
it as realistic as possible without many transitions.

11. Archive.
 The documentary used a number of images on screen
displaying the ‘perfect body ’ to make the audience
see what could happen to their body if they stop
eating fast foods.

12. Images.
They have used this to make the audience see what people aspire to be like but
continue to eat this food and not make a change to their diet.

13. Graphics.
 Numbers are used to display to the audience what
day he is on and where he is in his travels.
 The names and occupation of the interviewee has
been used to show the audience that it is real medical
advice from real people who know what will really
happen if people continue the way that they are
dieting.
 In the closing credits there is images of previous
interviewees and what has happened to them after
the show to allow some closure for the audience.

14. What happened next?
They have used this image to make the audience have some closure from the
subject.