Michael Moore’s ‘Bowling for Columbine’‚ the film which won an Oscar for best documentary‚ is not in fact a documentary‚ but rather more of a persuasive essay in film format. The widely accepted definition of ‘documentary’ is a film emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings‚ insertion of fictional matter‚ and minimal editting‚ and ‘Bowling for Columbine’ does not show any of these characteristics. Instead of presenting a neutral view of the issues‚ it is
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Columbine Essay April 20th‚ 1999‚ Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris attacked at Columbine High School killing 13 and injuring 24 innocent people. Dylan and Eric had an inspiration; they wanted to beat the number of people that Timothy Mcveigh murdered in the Oklahoma City bombing. After the Columbine massacre‚ other shootings and suicides were inspired by or connected to Columbine. Although it seems that the Columbine massacre would only have negative effects on the world‚ there are some positive
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The Shootings at Columbine High School: The Law Enforcement Response Problem Statement: The response to the shootings in Columbine could have been handled more effectively if there was a solid coordinate effort from law enforcement and emergency units in the area. The plan of action to prevent the incident from playing out further was hastily put together and only cost more lives at danger. All possible lines of communication whether it be from law enforcement officials‚ emergency
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Bowling for Columbine Bowling for Columbine has been written‚ directed‚ produced‚ and narrated by Michael Moore who has used a number of techniques to produce a piece of work about Americas fascination with guns and violence. This documentary discovers the reasons for the Columbine High School massacre along with further actions of violence in America. Moore emphasises on the background of gun violence and captures some of the communities’ views of the massacre and other associated problems. This
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BOWLING FOR COLOMBINE MICHEAL MOORE DOCUMANTARY There are many techniques that you can use to show in a documentary‚ facts about people‚ places and events and “Bowling for Columbine” is a documentary that shows all of those plus more. Michael Moore has got a unique way of using all the techniques that you would see in a documentary to get his story and opinion across to the viewers. Usually in documentaries the producers are behind the camera and in the editing room but what makes
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Columbine Shooting On April 20‚ 1999 two young men from the city of Littleton‚ Colorado went on rampage causing a massacre. In total there were thirteen casualties; twelve students and one lone teacher. Preventing violence in public areas such as schools‚ airports‚ malls‚ etc. security must be increased. Violence can happen anywhere therefore security in schools and public places should be increased. In our society
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driven country. In this documentary‚ Bowling for Columbine‚ Michael Moore has used many persuasive techniques to get us to believe that every person in America feels safe to have a gun somewhere in their house for protection and that there are many terrible things that happen in America. To prove that Americans feel safer with a gun in their house and how America has many tragedies I will deconstruct 2 scenes from the documentary Bowling for Columbine. First I will be talking about selection and omission
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Michael Moore’s documentary‚ ’Bowling for Columbine’‚ highlights the devastating state of gun violence within the United States. He also examines the events leading up to the tragic events that occurred at the massacre at Columbine High School as well as the impacts this had on society. The film was released October 11th‚ 2002 and was met with both critical and commercial success. It is now considered to be one of the best documentaries to ever be created‚ according to The Guardian. The premise
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Mr Ellison Morbid Curiosity: The Columbine Massacre MP4A History Addison Baker (142251) 3/21/2014 Table of Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Plan of Investigation PAGEREF _Toc383629668 \h 2Historical Context PAGEREF _Toc383629670 \h 3Interview and Narrative PAGEREF _Toc383629671 \h 8Analysis of Interview and Source Reliability PAGEREF _Toc383629672 \h 11Evaluation of Series of Events PAGEREF _Toc383629673 \h 12Resource List PAGEREF _Toc383629674 \h 13 Plan of Investigation-1372235128333500
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Kaitlin Wilson The Art & Craft of Writing September 24‚ 2012 “Bowling for Columbine” Review Sometimes the best tool for questioning a social problem is humor - which is exactly what Michael Moore does in "Bowling for Columbine." This is not a movie about guns or violence or television‚ but about culture. Using the Columbine school shooting as his hook‚ Moore attempts to find answers as to why American culture is saturated in violence and fear. Moore is a director who isn’t afraid to ask
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