Documentaries

Supersize Me
Analysis of the first 5 mintues

The documentary opens up with diegetic music of children singing a fast food song "Pizza Hut" the screen then shows a big group of children singing the song aged 8-11, the camera then uses a pans still showing the children singing the song, the camera then zooms into a child who is larger then the other children, who is falling behind with his singing and the actions that go with the song. The camera purposely focuses on the boy as he demonstrates what the documentary is about, and that by eating fast food you become over-weight, breathless and become tired more easily.

The scene ends and fades into a quote "Look after the customers and the business will take care of itself" Ray Kroc McDonald's founder, quotes are often used in documentaries to inform the audience. This then goes back into the children singing which fades into non-diegetic music of a flute with ambient sound background noise such as people and traffic. The camera zooms out of the American flag which is the cue for the voice-over of Morgan Spurlock, while he's talking images of what he is saying are being show illustrating what's being said. The pace of the editing is very quick paced with the shots and voice-over.

Short Story
In class our media teacher showed us a clip of a short story which was very random and abstract-like, the clip was all in black and white and was featured back in time. There was know clear storyline within the video but was about three characters living in London. There was non-diegetic music all the way throughout.