Morgan Spurlock's 2004 documentary Super Size Me followed the filmmaker as he ate only food from McDonald's for 30 days. Through techniques like positioning the audience to question fast food marketing and using sound to enhance scenes of Spurlock feeling unwell, the film aims to show the real health effects of a high-fat, high-calorie diet. Specific scenes employ mise-en-scene like a cluttered apartment to represent Spurlock's declining physical and mental state from the fast food challenge.

1. Super Size Me (2004)
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Writers: Morgan Spurlock
Release Date: 10th September 2004 (UK)
Genre: Documentary
Tag line: A filmof epic portions.
Answer the followingquestions using detailed examples from the film.
1. What documentarytechniquesare usedtoinfluence orpositionthe
audience?
2. How issoundusedto create meaninginthe film?

2. 3. What filmtechniquesare usedto make the audience believe whattheyare watchingisthe truth(notionsof the ‘real’)?
4. How doesthe mise-en-scenecreate meaningforthe audience?
(Discussspecificscenes)
5. How doesthiscompare to otherdocumentariesyouhave seen?
(Give specificexamples)