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    massacre of Columbine High School‚ Colorado‚ controversial filmmaker Michael Moore‚ ventured into creating the societal criticism documentary that explored gun violence throughout the United States. The documentary Bowling for Columbine (2002)‚ directed‚ produced‚ and written by Moore‚ deconstructs the events of this massacre‚ other school shooting‚ American gun culture‚ media coverage of such events‚ paranoia‚ racism‚ and poverty and several other subjects through the use of documentary techniques in order

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    remains that is still a constructed medium as it is still edited to show what the directors want the audience to see. This essay will analyse two documentaries and identify how they have positioned their audience using documentaries conventions and techniques.

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    The use of satire used by Michael Moore in his docudrama “Bowling for Columbine” helps the audience engage on the concept of tackling serious issues like the Columbine massacre and the influences to enlighten or mirror the feelings of how and what society has on the thoughts of a particular environment. Moore uses a variety of technique‚ ranging from exaggeration‚ irony‚ parody and juxtaposition to reveal various answers to questions raised by the society involving the use of guns and to represent

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    Analysis of Bowling for Columbine Robin Bråthen 1st8 What causes the United States of America to have the highest rate of people being shot when other countries also allows guns? Michael Moore is a movie director maker‚ and is making documentaries. He wants to take us through his movie about the rare gun laws in the United States of America. The documentary is named: “Bowling for Columbine”. The documentary “bowling for Columbine” is a documentary about the much needed gun security in United

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    Comparison of Bowling for Columbine and Let’s Talk About Sex We all know the infamous author Michael Moore for his dark sense of humor that has shed its light on America in different ways. He is great at the craft of documentaries‚ and in my opinion it is one of the best that I have ever seen. “Bowling for Columbine‚” won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. In many ways this film had me uneasy‚ yet I feel it is one of the most compelling documentaries that I have seen. Throughout this documentary

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    society. Though people would argue that when a camera is seen‚ they behave differently than they would if there was no camera. Therefore‚ can reality really be captured? When watching the films Spellbound and Bowling for columbine. I found that Spellbound being an objective documentary. Used a range of ‘characters’ from different regions‚ different ethnicity‚ different social classes and different traditions. The diversity of each ‘characters’ background represents a typical American culture/diversity

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    October 17‚ 2010 Bowling for Columbine Thesis Statements 1) The high casualties caused by guns are a result of how easy it is to obtain one. If policies were made stricter‚ casualties would go down. I do not agree with this because it would only affect the people who go to obtain their guns legally. If you really wanted one all you would have to do is steal it‚ so the policies would then have no effect on you. 2) Minorities and blacks are made to be scarier than they are because they

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    together ideas and arguments. In the case of a documentary‚ editing can be used to further push a thesis and prove a point which the filmmaker is trying to put across. The possibilities are endless; dialogues can be shortened‚ scenes can be added or cut‚ or even switched around to be in any order desired. By doing such things‚ a very plain portion of footage can be used to argue an idea. In the movie‚ "Bowling for Columbine‚" Michael Moore is a genius when it comes to his editing choices concerning

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    countries that allow its citizens the right to have firearms. Due to this‚ there are many more gun related fatalities compared to other countries that do not allow their citizens to keep firearms. Bowling for Columbine‚ directed by Michael Moore‚ focuses mostly on one tragic even that happened at Columbine High School‚ and uses it in order to persuade viewers to side against National Rifle Association‚ which is a big pro-gun group‚ and the whole gun control issue. Moore makes the reason why the US

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    Advanced English Telling The Truth Texts: The Justice Game (book) Bowling for Columbine (film) The Simpsons – Homer Badman (TV episode)?? Trials notes: • Further talk about Robertson’s civil rights agenda • Write in a way appropriate to text type – don’t rely on essay! If it’s a speech‚ address the audience often. General course notes: • All representations are tainted by perspective‚ bias‚ background‚ author’s intention‚ etc. • Truth cannot be represented with

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