The document summarizes two documentaries - "Gluten" and "Supersize Me". "Gluten" discusses what gluten is, its effects, and includes an expert interview. It aims to inform viewers on gluten. "Supersize Me" shows the presenter eating only fast food for a month to display its health impacts. It is seen as more entertaining. While "Supersize Me" is more interactive, "Gluten" is viewed as more educational by providing facts about gluten. Both target wide audiences but discuss different topics and use varying techniques.

1. Documentary Apocalypse
Yesterday saw the premier of a new documentary produced and directed by Matthew Wheeler. The
documentary is called “Gluten” and as you can probably guess, talks about the topic of gluten.The
documentary covers topics such as “what gluten is”, “who is affected by gluten” and “what the
effects are when people eat gluten”. The documentary also includes an interview with a gluten
expert who gives the audience a better insight to gluten.
The given genre for the documentary is health; health is a very highly rated genre for documentaries
because it draws in the largest mass of viewers. Another great documentary that has been out for a
while in this documentary genre is “Supersize me” which is a documentary that talks about and
shows the dangers of eating fast food.
The “Supersize me” documentary uses a new and unique method for showing their audience the
dangers of fast food. Rather than the presenter just talking and showing footage about the dangers
of fast food, they actually take part in a month long diet of nothing bust fast food to show the true
effects that fast food can cause on the human body. This is making the documentary more
interactive for the audience to watch because the presenter is showing the audience the dangers
rather than just telling the audience about the dangers.
The “Gluten” documentary however sticks to the presenter talking about gluten and giving their
opinions and insight on Gluten. The documentary also includes the presenter talking to a Gluten
expert who has a great understanding and knowledge of gluten.
Although both documentaries are the same genre they use talk about completely different topics
and use different techniques. The “Supersize me” documentary shows the audience what happens
when a person eats fast food for a month, this is considered more entertainment than educational.
This is mainly because there aren’t many facts or information told throughout the documentary,
instead there is just footage of the presenter eating fast food for a month and being ill at the end.
In comparison to the “Supersize me” documentary, the “Gluten” documentary is allot less
interactive and sticks to telling facts and information during the documentary. The “Gluten”
documentary is less entertaining than the “Supersize me” documentary but makes up for this by
being far more educational and informative than the “supersize me” documentary.
The “Supersize me” documentary’s style was very interactive in comparison to the “Gluten”
documentary making it much more entertaining to watch. However the “Gluten” documentary stuck
to the original documentary style which made it more far more educational and informative than the
“Supersize me” documentary.
The target audience for the “Gluten” documentary was people who suffered or knew friends and
family who suffered from Gluten. The documentary informed their audience of the dangers of
gluten, how to counter gluten and also discussed some of the issues people faced while being on the
gluten free diet. This met the audience’s expectations because they were expecting to be informed,
given a better insight and have a better understanding of Gluten. Although the “Gluten”

2. documentary could have done with more interactive footage or topics to keep the target audience
more captivated.
The “Supersize me” documentary’s target audience were people who suffered from weight issues
and other health related issues that related to eating too much food or fast food. The documentary
did not meet the expectations of the audience completely. The documentary was entertaining to
watch for the audience but only showed what happens when you eat a ton of fast food, they didn’t
talk about how you can counter this or stop eating unhealthy food. For the audience this
documentary was barely informative because the documentary did little other than showing the
process of eating fast food for a month.
The “Gluten” documentary’s target audience’s gender was based on female and male, there was no
preference towards a certain gender. This is because the topic of the documentary does not attract
male more than female or the other way round. This is because both genders are affected or know
friends and family who are affected by gluten. Both genders are also represented in the
documentary, not as individual genders but instead they are represented as a whole gender
including both male and female.
The “Gluten” documentaries target audience age was a younger aged audience aged between 14
and 18. This was because the documentary discussed the difficulties of being on a Gluten free diet at
a young age and how it affected people for example, when they went out socially for meals with
friends and would not allowed to be eat Gluten while their friends could.
The “Supersize me” documentary’s target audience gender was intended to be mixed, but ended up
being slightly more towards male. This was only because there was no female presence in the
documentary at all apart from the presenter’s wife. Other than that the documentary was aimed at
mixed genders. The female and male gender was represented in the documentary, an example of
this being when the presenter was talking about the dangers of both genders when they eat too
much fast food.
The “Supersize me” documentary’s target audience did not have a specific age group. This was a
good idea for the documentary because they would have been singling out allot of potential target
audiences if they had done that.
Allot of you who are reading this are probably wondering if the “Gluten” documentary is worth
watching? You defiantly should! Read on below to see why!
The “Gluten” documentary is unique for starters because it is talking about a topic which is barely
talked about in media these days let alone documentary’s! The documentary covers all the things
you would expect to find in a documentary discussing Gluten. It has information and facts backed up
with interviews with medical experts on the subject.
The documentary is informative, interactive and fun to watch. I highly recommend you go out and
see it!