FM4 Documentary

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"..the minute an individual becomes i________d in the r___________n of reality,
the i________y of that reality is irretrievably l___t"
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Entrance Activity
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E___ B_______w (19__)arnourik 93
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2. Homework
Complete a ‘9/11’ Mind-Map for Revision OR Purchase a
Key Ring for Revision –
See:
http://chinesehacks.com/blog/study/make-your-own-
word-card-key-ring-diy/
Due: Next Lesson – Thursday 5th March

3. Title:
‘Super Size Me’
Overview and Review
Wednesday 4th March 2015
FM4:
Varieties of Film Experience – Issues and Debates
Section B Specialist Study 2:
Spectatorship Topics – Spectatorship
and Documentary

4. Why?
Aims & Objectives
• YOU WILL re-cap prior learning.
• YOU WILL develop a better
understanding around the
Documentary genre and the
Case Study text ‘Super Size Me’.
• YOU WILL debate around
whether or not a Documentary
can be deemed to be trust
worthy.
• Review the learning.
AO1
Demonstrate knowledge and
understanding of film as an
audio-visual form of creative
expression together and
AO2
Apply knowledge and
understanding, including
some of the common critical
approaches that characterise
the subject, when exploring
and analysing films.

5. After School Screening – FINISH After School
Monday 16th March

6. “While Super Size Me is at its essence
a propaganda film, it’s propaganda
for healthy living…I can get behind
that!”
Amber Day
Task 1)
Think……
5 minutes
YOU MUST consider what examples there are of galvanizing the audience there are in the
final scene that force you to ‘get behind’ Morgan Spurlock.

7. FEEDBACK
Was the documentary a success?

8. FM4 – Section B
EXAM BOARD EXPECTATIONS
WHAT evidence from the
text is there to suggest
Spurlock is
‘overtly persuasive’?

9. FM4 – Section B
‘Performative Mode’ (Nichols – 2001)
“It animates the personal so that it may become our port of entry to the political”
Task 2)
10 minutes
YOU WILL analyse 2-3 examples of WHERE Morgan Spurlock has decided to ‘animate the
personal’ within the documentary.

10. FEEDBACK

11. ‘Documentaries should never be
trusted’
“Think – Pair – Share”
Do you agree with this statement?
Produce an argument FOR and AGAINST this
statement (using the notes you made on your
A3 Sheets in the screening and other
resources) – Evidence = KEY!
Share - Feedback
Task 3)
5 minutes

12. FEEDBACK

13. What have you learnt?
YOU MUST list some of the issues surrounding this documentary text that you have
analysed today.

14. Homework
Complete a ‘Super Size Me’ Revision Mind-Map
Due: Next Lesson – Period 3