WHY DOCUMENTARIES ARE SO IMPORTANT Documentaries are important in many ways. One of the main reasons is that they educate you A week ago‚ I watched the documentary "Super Size Me" and I thought that it showed very well how dangerous it is to eat fast-food on regular basis. It affects your body and I don’t think many people know that. How could they know it if they aren’t going to read studies on how dangerous it is. Not many people have the time‚ or want to make time‚ to read a study. It is
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populations. Obesity rates and broader health concerns (such as diseases due to conservatives or additives) make marketing ethics in the food industry a relevant topic. After reading “Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser (2001) and seeing the film “Super Size Me” by Morgan Spurlock (2006)‚ my interest for marketing ethics in the food industry began to grow. I realised to what extent food marketing can influence consumers’ lifestyles and that food marketers have duties regarding public health. Indeed‚ marketing
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surprised. Media Views McDonald’s is constantly in the media eye. As a brand leader‚ and a leader of its market‚ McDonald’s is often at the forefront of bad press regardless of whether or not it is their fault. An example being the “Super Size me” film released in 2004‚ the documentary film starring Morgan spur lock‚
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How does consumption shape identity? To what extent do we control this manipulation of ourselves? Consumerism has rapidly crept its way into virtually every single aspect of our post-post-modern society. This even includes certain areas of life that were not previously affected‚ which have now been forced to acclimatise to the new reality‚ where the consumer is in control. Consumerism has been said to have become “the religion of the late twentieth century”. People have become so obsessed with
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perception from customers‚ and redirecting the focus toward a new target market by changing their strategy from expansion to customer satisfaction. Morgan Spurlock changed the public’s image of McDonald’s with this documentary film called “Supersize Me”. Morgan Spurlock filmed himself to demonstrate the health effects of McDonald’s food. Spurlock completed this by eating McDonalds three times a day‚ for a 30-day period while keeping record of how this affected his health. A critical issue in the
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D1 UNIT 1 Intro In this task‚ I will evaluate the influence exerted by the different types of stakeholders for one organisation. Furthermore‚ I will indentify the main stakeholders of McDonalds and state what I think the demands they make on McDonalds are. I will also indentify where McDonalds are facing the conflicts in dealing with the external influences. A stakeholder is defined as any individual or group who have an interest in the success o the business. McDonalds is one of the world’s
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One of the three themes in Super Size Me is the dangerous environment we live in because all fast food restaurants are very close from our houses and many people choose fast foods for their meals. Today‚ many people are exposed to the fast food restaurants and other junk foods. Also the convenience of buying fast food over homemade food is increasing in many families. Everywhere you go‚ you can easily find fast food restaurants and actually in the major cities‚ in every couple block‚ there is a fast
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Discuss Observational Mode and Participatory Mode After I have watched "Mad Hot Ballroom" and "Supersize me"‚ I can see the different between direct cinema and cinema verite . Observational mode is more like direct cinema; it is no narration‚ only a small amount of text to set the time‚ location‚ some context of the scene and unexpected action of characters‚ and even a not predictable ending for filmmaker. Participatory mode makes with Cinema Verite . Filmmakers mostly are one of the characters
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for Joe‚ at the end of day sixty-one he lost eighty-two pounds and he is now at the best shape of his life. He is off all medication‚ weights 220 pounds and is rebooting every three months for ten-fifteen days at a time. Watching this film educated me on how important it is to eat fruits and vegetables and additionally the only person that can save you is
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How to get the point across Depending on who you ask they will give you a different answer on to what is medium is best to get a point across. There are those who feel that threw a book you would have endless possibilities to your writing that can go into dept and give specif details that you could not get in a movie or a documentary. There are those movie buffs who believe that getting your purpose out through a movie is most beneficial because you get to visual see what is trying to be represented
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