Movie: Food, INC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0
The first material I choose is a movie trailer and its poster. Actually, this movie is more like a documentary. The trailer shows that movie is mainly talking about the truth hiding under the American food industry. The unique thing about this movie is that I rarely find a movie that is not story-based; on the contrary, it is made to exposure some subtle relationship between the food companies and government. The reason why I choose this movie trailer as a source for my PSA is when talking about food, the first thing comes to people's mind is the taste, which is the most important factor to attract customers. However, people barely think about the nutrition, because there are also several factors might influence their decisions, like the price and quantity. So this movie is also a good source to best present the American foodway.
They Say: Schools Near Fast Food Makes Fat Kids
Posted by JeanneSager
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/12/26/they-say-schools-near-fast-food-makes-fat-kids.aspx
This is an online report posted by Jeanne Sager. I was drawn by this picture that looks funny, but in fact, this picture shows an aspect of our concern about children obesity. The interesting thing in this picture is that these two big boys are eating McDonald's, and it seems that they want more fast food while they are staring at some something in front of them. I choose this online article because it is a serious social concern about children eating not healthy, and I want to dig deeper to know the way they became fat and the solutions. Also I like the problem that reporter found: schools near fast food makes fat kids. I only noticed that children are getting fat because of eating too much fast food before I read this report; I never thought the location of school would also affect this problem. That's why I choose this online report as a possible primary source.
4 comments:
I highly accomend you to write the second source, since the first source is a movie. I don't think selecting a movie as your primary source helps. I remember that Karen told us not to use a movie as your primary source. The second one is terrific. Your point of view is unique, since you write about the affect of the fast food. I am impressed a lot by the second one. Good luck in your further writting!
I am so glad you found the trailer finally. Since it's a documentary instead of an entire movie, I think you may focus on a couple of issues that you are interested in and have a lot to talk about. This documentary is revealing. It exposures something behind the food industry. As the trailer said, "you've never look at dinner the same way again". It's really interesting to find out what the relationship between government and food industry companies, the vote for organic and natural, the price between 2 burgers and vegetables. And for the second source, I am impressed on the location of school might influence kids' obesity. Hope you have fun in writing this.
Looking at your two sources, my feeling is that the first one would lend itself more to analysis. Remember that you're looking for significant details, and then discussing what they imply. It is possible to do that with a fact-based article, but it's a lot harder than with other kinds of sources.
So, my very strong recommendation would be to go for the Food Inc trailer or poster, either of which would work very well for this project. I think the other commentator is right that you couldn't do the entire documentary, since it would simply be too long. You may want to watch it and use it as a secondary source, though.
I strongly agree that the second picture is interesting. It is agreeable, as well. If the fast food chain is located near school, students can easily access. They can get fast food right after school if they want.
As Ms. Karen already said, I also suggest you to use the trailer or the poster. As we went over this matter during the class, entire film is too long to do the analysis. Good luck!
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