Fahrenheit 9/11

While viewing "Bowling for Columbine" by Michael Moore about gun control he argues that gun violence in America is massive and it can be helped with stricter gun control laws and changes to laws and policies. He builds his argument through the uses of pathos, logos, and explanation of the evidence. Moore used pathos to address his audience directly and appeal to them more emotionally. Throughout the film, he often shows videos, images, or sounds that evoke sympathy from the viewer. Moore conclusively

Michael Moore was born on April 23rd 1954. He’s an American film maker, author journalist and a liberal political activist, who has directed and produced four of the eight highest grossing documentaries of all time; he was also named by the Time Magazine in 2005 like one of the world’s “Hundred most influential people”. Moore was born in Flint, Michigan, but he was raised in Davison’s suburbs, his childhood was tainted by the use of guns; he used to play like any other boy with toy guns, which were

Post-Industrialization: an attack on the individual “Roger & Me” (1989) by the famous activist documentary film maker Michael Moore explores the themes of post–industrialism in his home town of Flint, Michigan while trying to track down Roger Smith the GM of General Motors who began shutting down Flint auto plants in 1985, eliminating over 30,000 jobs. Within the post-industrial theme, the film explores several key ideas that tie neatly into the concept of “the attack on the individual.” The key

Bowling For Columbine is a documentary that was produced by Michael Moore which focusses primarily on the relationship between the crime rates throughout various regions. After learning that Canada and the United States had a very similar ratio when it came to households and guns, Michael was intrigued that Canada had a substantially lower rate of gun related crimes. This documentary became a tool for Michael to delve into the questions that were raised; although he was unable to extract a specific

Fear Freight Friday Imagine a neighborhood without any power. Why is that you may ask? That’s what happened in “The monsters Are Due On Maple Street,” by Rod Serling, 1960 and 2003 versions. In the 1960 version Tommy mentions a story about aliens and everyone starts to believe him. The lights goes out, the phone won’t work, and they can’t get anything on the radio but suddenly Mr. Goodman’s car turns on. In the 2003 version the neighborhood is fearful because they think there is a terrorist among

Flint, Michigan can be analyzed with sociological theories. The economic decline could have been because of one power decision or it could have been a negative causal relationship. In the film, Moore shortened Roger Smith’s plan: close 11 plants in the U.S and open 11 in Mexico paying workers only .70 cents/hour, use increased money intake to take over high tech firms and weapons manufacturers (where the money was), tell the union you’re broke so they’ll give you billions in wage

The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, is set in the future; a future where there are fireproof homes, TVs the size of walls, and Mechanical Hounds who kill. Most Importantly though, no one reads books. Fahrenheit 451’s main character is Montag, a firefighter who burns books, sets fires, and lives in a world where no one thinks for themselves. All homes and buildings are fireproof so instead of putting the fires out, firemen start them. No one knows of a time when books were legal and buildings

Filmmaker Michael Moore takes up the lane and splits the nation with his controversial documentary Bowling for Columbine. The Oscar winning film shows America and it’s gun culture within it. Made in 2002, a bit after the infamous columbine shooting, this movie was made to open up all discussions on media and gun control. By asking the question of why America is so violent compared to other civilized countries, Michael Moore successfully raises awareness of the causes of gun violence. But how does

Bowling for Columbine is a documentary made by the filmmaker, Michael Moore in 2002. This documentary looks into the mysterious circumstances leading to the Columbine massacre in 1999, in which, 2 students, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, aged 17 and 18 years, in their final year of high school, had killed 13 (12 students and 1 teachers), injuring many, before turning the gun on themselves. By utilising satirical, but persuasive dialogue and visuals, Michael Moore delves within the reasons of America’s

THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA During this term, our class has been looking at the development and the process of making documentaries, focusing on the styles of Subjective and Objective. Earlier this term, our class had the opportunity of watching one of each style; Spellbound by Jeffrey Blitz which is an Objective style of documentary and Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore, the Subjective style. The difference between these two styles of documentary; is that one is bias and more likely to be opinionated