Bowling for Columbine: documentary or fraud? By Emily Wanklyn Film maker‚ author and political activist‚ Michael Moore‚ created controversy in 2002 with his American documentary “Bowling for Columbine”. The documentary explores the Columbine school shooting‚ gun laws‚ and why Americans are so obsessed with violence and fear. Moore cleverly uses a variety of cinematic techniques to manipulate his audience. For instance‚ editing‚ music & sound‚ use of archival footage‚ and political agenda/bias
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the thesis simultaneously? Halloween propagates a dangerous myth about violent juveniles that has precluded requisite real world changes from taking place‚ yes‚ but for victims of senseless tragedy‚ what difference might it make? In the case of Columbine‚ Rachel Scott‚ Daniel Rohrbough‚ Dave Sanders‚ Kyle Velasquez‚ Steven Curnow‚ Cassie Bernall‚ Isaiah Shoels‚ Matthew Kechter‚ Lauren Townsend‚ John Tomlin‚ Kelly Fleming‚ Daniel Mauser‚ and Corey Depooter– all thirteen victims excluding the two shooters–
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had an impact on the change. There are large commercialist pressures for documentary to become more entertaining and engaging to capture a wider cinema going audience. Documentary has become increasingly popular. Documentaries such as Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore have been given numerous awards and were widely popular at the box office. The Grey Gardens is a 1975 documentary by Albert and David Maysles. The film depicts the lives of a socialite mother and daughter living in a decrepit
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Absolutely not. It cannot be blamed for the crimes of obvious psychotic adolescents. The music business‚ mainly "death" metal‚ has been said to be at fault for major tragedies‚ for example the Columbine High School Shootings. In fact‚ one media spokesperson even related the two killers to Marilyn Manson because they were apparently dressed like him. This constant distraction of pointing the blame on someone else just strays our focus on the real causes. Music can directly express the personality
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Beginning from a young age‚ Michael Moore had always been a bit opinionated. Even though he was just the age of 18 years-old‚ he had already began writing his thoughts on the cruel injustices and consequences of capitalism. He was also a well-respected in his community because at the same age he had been chosen to as a member of the school board. Despite the fact that everyone seemed to be going with the flow‚ Michael decided to take a step back and really look at what the world around him was at
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On April 20‚ 1999‚ in the moderately sized town of Littleton‚ Colorado‚ at approximately 11:20 a.m.‚ two young men‚ Eric Harris‚ 18‚ and Dylan Klebold‚ 17‚ stormed into Columbine High School. No more than twenty minutes later‚ 15 people were dead‚ including the two of them‚ and another twenty-three wounded (Gibbs 28-29). Knowing that the duo are teenagers‚ and probably played many violent video games and watched hundreds of violent shows‚ people immediately began to blame the media‚ and the violence
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is the Columbine High School shooting in Littleton‚ a town in Jefferson County‚ Colorado‚ on Apr. 20‚ 1999‚ in which 12 students as well as a teacher were fatally injured‚ as well as 24 others who were injured. Upon learning that prior to their suicides‚ the two shooters‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ were heavy metal and Goth music fans‚ it seemed to be that the media immediately instilled a moral panic about that particular genre of music. More specifically targeted in the Columbine shootings
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documentary ( Voiceover‚ Archival footage‚ “real footage”‚ Interviews with ‘Experts’‚ use of text‚ Sound [music used‚ background noises]‚ set-ups‚ visual coding) The documantry being analised‚ what it’s about and the director (Bowling for columbine‚ Reasoning behind the columbine massacre and other gun related violence in the United States‚ Directed and narrated by Michael Moore. • Audience and purpose 6 characteristics Age (18-30) Gender (Male and Female) Race (Caucasian) Socio economic Background (Middle
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Similarly‚ the documentary‚ Bowling for Columbine composed by Michael Moore explores conflicting perspective of CHARACTER in order to REPRESENTATION PURPOSE. Another issue explored in Wag the Dog is the Albanian war. Levinson utilizes conflicting perspectives of this situation in order to suggest that the power to manipulate a country stem from the media rather than from the government. This is mirrored by ISSUE/SITUATION/EVENT as it is portrayed in Bowling for Columbine in order to PURPOSE. Thus‚ it is
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accountable for their actions. The only person who should be responsible for the actions is not the musician‚ not the parents‚ and not the record label but the minor. When I first read of this topic‚ I immediately thought of the Littleton‚ Colorado: Columbine High School shooting. I will never forget the day this happened. I was in high school in my social studies class. We so happened to have a television that day because we were going to watch a film. But that day we skipped the whole film altogether
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