Food Inc Film Analysis
Analyzing the Situation:
1. Institutions have complete power of the food industry. They have the ability to make decisions on everything we consume. For most of America, the food industry is unknowingly controlled by only a few major institutions. Due to having complete power, these institutions are able to create the illusion of options, but in reality, the millions we spend of food each year end up in the hand of the same few institutions.
2. Food, Inc. was delivered to its audience in the form of a documentary in order to have visual evidence of our corrupt food industry. A picture is worth a thousand words and Food, Inc. used that cliché to its advantage. By having visual evidence, the viewer can personally see in inhumane slaughters and …show more content…
The movie uses the term “the notion of a tomato” because many Americans have this idea of what a typical tomato looks like. Our idea of the tomato is a large, bright red, juicy tomato, however for someone who has grown a tomato it can be quite the opposite of that. “The notions of the tomato” throughout the movie extends further than just a tomato it extends throughout the entire food industry. Americans have the preconceived notion about what we a putting into our bodies. We assume a tomato is just a tomato or cereal is just cereal, but in reality, our foods are mostly made up of processed chemicals or rearranged corn.
2. Kenner chose to put Kowalcyk’s testimony in Food, Inc. as a form of pathos. Her story helped show viewers the seriousness of the issues within the food industry. Because of the personal testimony of child’s death, it raises the audience’s awareness of food related deaths and the overall lack of concern for food safety.
4. Food, Inc. is an argumentative documentary because they intentionally attacked the food industry to show the world that the industry was very corrupt. Unlike many other documentaries, there was no showing both sides of the situation. They did not shed any light about if or how the food industry was adjusting to its many issues.
1. Institutions have complete power of the food industry. They have the ability to make decisions on everything we consume. For most of America, the food industry is unknowingly controlled by only a few major institutions. Due to having complete power, these institutions are able to create the illusion of options, but in reality, the millions we spend of food each year end up in the hand of the same few institutions.
2. Food, Inc. was delivered to its audience in the form of a documentary in order to have visual evidence of our corrupt food industry. A picture is worth a thousand words and Food, Inc. used that cliché to its advantage. By having visual evidence, the viewer can personally see in inhumane slaughters and …show more content…
The movie uses the term “the notion of a tomato” because many Americans have this idea of what a typical tomato looks like. Our idea of the tomato is a large, bright red, juicy tomato, however for someone who has grown a tomato it can be quite the opposite of that. “The notions of the tomato” throughout the movie extends further than just a tomato it extends throughout the entire food industry. Americans have the preconceived notion about what we a putting into our bodies. We assume a tomato is just a tomato or cereal is just cereal, but in reality, our foods are mostly made up of processed chemicals or rearranged corn.
2. Kenner chose to put Kowalcyk’s testimony in Food, Inc. as a form of pathos. Her story helped show viewers the seriousness of the issues within the food industry. Because of the personal testimony of child’s death, it raises the audience’s awareness of food related deaths and the overall lack of concern for food safety.
4. Food, Inc. is an argumentative documentary because they intentionally attacked the food industry to show the world that the industry was very corrupt. Unlike many other documentaries, there was no showing both sides of the situation. They did not shed any light about if or how the food industry was adjusting to its many issues.