In documentaries there are consistently common traits found within them. I’m here to take a look at a famous documentary called supersize me and see what is found inside of it that makes it a documentary.
Voice Overs – the narrator/presenter of the documentary has a constant on and off the camera, he talks a lot and gives examples of statistics, figures etc. and then goes on to explain what they mean. Statistics – In supersize me, to get his point across about how fat American’s are getting he brings up a chart for overweight adults in America also stating that the fattest state is Mississippi.
Statistics – In supersize me, to get his point across about how fat American’s are getting he brings up a chart for overweight adults in America also stating that the fattest state is Mississippi.
Archive Footage – Footage such as this comes in the form of pictures or video clips from the event the documentary in question, used as an example or used in order to support evidence. Here heshowspictures of his mother in the kitchen stating that she cooked food for him every day, whereas a lot of families eat fast food.
Montage sequence – they are used to imply the passage of time and they are also used to condense it but at the same time emphasise the event in frontof you,this was twice notably. Firsat when when shyowing how many people enter the McDonalds resturant and the second when eating the first mcdonalds meal for breakfast to show the amount eaten.
Interviews – they are commonly used in all documentaries and they are either with professionals who have studied the topic the documentary is on, workers and managers or the general public for their opinoins on the subject. In supersize me he asks members of generalpublic what their favourite fastfood resturant. Overall from the textual analysis I feel this has helped me realise exactly what I need too put into my documentary and how to make it work.
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