Michael Moore's Film 'Bowling For Columbine'
Bowling For Columbine
The Objective of a documentary is to produce a neutral, unbiased balanced version of the truth about a specific issue or person. Yet, we seldom get to see a documentary that is unedited as they are consistently influenced in a way to show somebody’s view and manipulate us into accepting and taking it to be the truth. Michael Moore’s 2002 film Bowling For Columbine is a prime example of this and gives a distinctive view on the NRA and Charlton Heston. Good morning/afternoon and welcome to the Australian Broad Casting Authority’s Forum. Today I will be closely analyzing Moore’s documentary bowling for columbine to demonstrate how Michael Moore’s skillful utilization of explicit persuasive techniques position the audience
to recognize and believe that the NRA and Charlton Heston promote gun usage at the expense of innocent lives and have no regards or sympathy for the victims and their families. This is achieved through the meticulous use of persuasive techniques such as juxtaposition, voice over…
This is predominantly evident in two scenes Heston’s supposed response to the columbine shootings and the interview with Mr Heston at the end of the film.
Michael Moore exploits a range of persuasive techniques to paint Charlton and The NRA as the villains. Juxtaposition and editing are
The Objective of a documentary is to produce a neutral, unbiased balanced version of the truth about a specific issue or person. Yet, we seldom get to see a documentary that is unedited as they are consistently influenced in a way to show somebody’s view and manipulate us into accepting and taking it to be the truth. Michael Moore’s 2002 film Bowling For Columbine is a prime example of this and gives a distinctive view on the NRA and Charlton Heston. Good morning/afternoon and welcome to the Australian Broad Casting Authority’s Forum. Today I will be closely analyzing Moore’s documentary bowling for columbine to demonstrate how Michael Moore’s skillful utilization of explicit persuasive techniques position the audience
to recognize and believe that the NRA and Charlton Heston promote gun usage at the expense of innocent lives and have no regards or sympathy for the victims and their families. This is achieved through the meticulous use of persuasive techniques such as juxtaposition, voice over…
This is predominantly evident in two scenes Heston’s supposed response to the columbine shootings and the interview with Mr Heston at the end of the film.
Michael Moore exploits a range of persuasive techniques to paint Charlton and The NRA as the villains. Juxtaposition and editing are