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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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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to find the possible causes of this‚ particularly in relation to the 1999 school shooting at the town of Columbine through the documentary Bowling for Columbine. Based on this documentary‚ the causes of the school shooting are due to the environment: primarily the United States’ violent history‚ then the abundance of guns in the country. The cause of the school shooting was not violent media or mental illnesses. America’s violent foreign policy can be considered a direct cause of school shootings
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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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In both Blackfish (Gabriel Cowperthwaite‚ 2013) and Bowling For Columbine (Michael Moore‚ 2002) the audience is encouraged to agree to the ideas advocated by the documentary. This is done by using various designed techniques such as filming codes (technical‚ symbolic‚ written and audio) and documentary conventions (statistics‚ interviews‚ footage‚ detail‚ facts and structure) to appeal to the viewer’s emotions. In Blackfish the audience is convinced that SeaWorld does not sufficiently train their
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Bowling for Columbine: Oral Commentary Bowling for Columbine is a film by Michael Moore about the shooting at Columbine High School. Moore‚ using his average American persona‚ explores controversial issues such as gun control in American and the role of media in contributing to the culture of fear. He conveys his viewpoints as well as cultural perspectives through a range of different film techniques. Three of these techniques includeinterviews‚ archival footage and intertextuality. Interviews
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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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not the case as Columbine High School would end up being the site of a school shooting that would haunt the nation for years to come. Bowling for Columbine‚ is a documentary by Michael Moore covering the events that transpired at Columbine High School. After viewing Bowling for Columbine‚ I was shocked. Moore’s video examines a number of issues involving gun ownership. What follows is a summary of the points made in the film‚ my thoughtful reactions‚ and the aftermath of Columbine. There were a number
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A documentary film is one that aims to record real events or ideas in order to inform the viewer‚ present an opinion and generate public interest in a topics. There are many types of documentaries including: science‚ historical and social‚ nature and investigative. Documentaries in the past were strictly science or nature related. However in modern day documentaries are seen to be more for social interest and they engage the audience more‚ they are also seen to be more investigative as well. Historically
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Bowling for Columbine Reaction Paper By: Brian Scheu Violence! What causes it? Has it Increased/decreased over the past few years? I will try to answer these questions to the best that I can in the next few pages. One thing you must look at when dealing with violence is the nature of the crime. You can look at violent murders but not be able to compare them to other violent crimes because the nature of the crime is completely different. One may believe that violence in our society has
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