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in Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore is a documentary film maker known for his controversial opinions and subject matter. This documentary, Bowling for Columbine (2002), is Moore’s second major film. It was named in response to the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in which two boys went on a shooting spree, thirteen people were killed and upwards of twenty were wounded. The two boys were reported to have spent the morning before the massacre bowling. Despite its title, Moore’s

Short analysis 2 – Bowling for Columbine (2002) Production Values In the documentary Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore uses a number of production techniques to address the issue of gun control in the United States as effectively as possible. The film deconstructs the events of the particular high school massacre of Columbine, as well as other school shootings. It further looks more broadly on American gun culture, the media coverage/media inspired fear, politics, poverty, and various other

My genre essay is going to be based upon the film Bowling for Columbine, which is an interactive documentary directed by Michael Moore (Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, Where to Invade Next). Michael Moore is an American filmmaker who also participates in other forms of the media such as screenwriting, journalism, acting, an author and is also a left wing activist. In this documentary, Moore brings the audience’s attention towards what he encourages to be the potential causes for the 1999 Columbine High School

The purpose of Bowling for Columbine and Koyaanisqatsi is not radically different, both directors are attempting to make an argument. In Bowling for columbine, Michael Moore is constructing an argument about the culture in some regions of the United States that are vulnerable to gun violence. To accomplish this he weaves together first person accounts from people responding to his questions on the issue and presents images that he wants the audience to connect with what they are seeing to create

When the gods and goddesses go bowling, everyone knows that they are very upset, therefore they cry. These tears shed by the gods and goddesses up in the heavens come together and give us rain. The rain can be light, slow, and steady. This pattern shows that the gods and goddesses are just stressed. When the rain is heavy and mad, the gods and goddesses are downright furious. These types of rains could cause floods. During the bowling adventure, the clatter of the bowling ball hitting the hardwood floor

Michael Moore´s Bowling For Columbine Bowling For Columbine is a well-directed documentary that informs people about gun violence in America. Michael Moore is successful in showing that America has been going through many gun tragedies; and portrays the sense that America’s problems are out of control. He conveys this through informative facts, images, and comparisons. Throughout the film Michael Moore throws many cold facts on the screen that makes it obvious that the strong nation

Bowling for Columbine is a documentary about how guns are a bad influence and pollute the mind, rather than supplying safety, which is the real reason behind the possession of a gun being legalised. Michael Moore, the film maker, wrote and produced the film to emphasise his point on why guns should never be sold or purchased again. The main story Moore focused on was one that was absolutely shocking and could astonish you from start to finish: The Shooting at Columbine High School. The ordinary and

one teacher fatality, two suicides and twenty-one others whom were left seriously injured to finally provoke a close examination of the increasing levels of violence that were occurring countrywide. At 11:19am, after attending their early morning bowling class, eighteen-year-old Eric Harris and seventeen-year-old Dylan Klebold carried out a mass shooting at their own local high school situated in the small town of Columbine in Jefferson County Colorado. Armed with semi-automatic rifles, hand guns

elements of which the audience can relate and identify. In the documentary, “Bowling for Columbine” directed by Michael Moore (2002), we as an audience follow Moore as he explores America’s violent history and whilst making us more aware of gun control in America he is also altering viewers opinions on gun control. This reading will explore the documentary conventions of interviews, montage and hand-held camera featured in Bowling For Columbine and question whether Michael Moore has used these conventions

Work, Work and Work. This was Cinderella's life, and it was all because of my mother. You may think you know how Cinderella's story went but it's not true I am not just one of the evil stepsister. This is what really happened. Mother treated cinderella terribly and I hate it. I want to be kind to her because she is kind to us even with the way we treat her. We got a letter in the mail that had a red castle stamp on the back which meant it was from the royal family. It read, “ All members of this