Team 41

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1. Director Introduction2. Main Characters3. Scenario4. Cinematic Effects5. The culture of fear through

mass media6. Question

MOVIEINTRODUCTION

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DIRECTOR INTRODUCTION

• Michael Moore• Born April 23 1954, Flint

Michigan• Filmmaker, author, social

critic, political activist• Films: Bowling For

Columbine, Fahrenheit 911 , Sicko

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MAIN CHARACTERS:MICHAEL MOORE

Michael appears in the movie as an in-terviewer of the other characters in the film. He is also the narrator throughout the film

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MAIN CHARACTERS: ERIC HARRIS AND DYLAN KLEBOLD

Eric Harris and Dy-lan Klebold are the two Columbine High school seniors who committed the Columbine Massacre

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MAIN CHARACTERS: MARILYN MANSON

A heavy metal musician who was blamed responsibility for his music being the cause of violence. However, Moore points out that Manson could have as much effect on gun-violence in America as bowl-ing or President Clinton.

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SCENARIO

The film looks in to the event of the Columbine High school massacre in 1999 and the nature of violence in relation to guns. The director Michael Moore looks into the back-ground and the environment in which the massacre took place and also some common public opinions and assumptions about re-lated issues such as other gun-violence crimes in the United States.

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CINEMATIC EFFECTS: MONTAGE

“What a Wonderful World” by Louis Arm-strong

Moore uses montage of events that the United State had committed throughout the years and uses the song “What a Wonderful World” as an irony to show how bad the United State has become.

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CINEMATIC EFFECTS: MONTAGE

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1. The culture of fear through mass media

2. Question

MOVIE’SISSUE

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USA is one of the nations that people are died from guns

Why?

Michael Moore show that mass media make people feel fear and this fearing make them buy guns and use its for keeping safety.

THE CULTURE OF FEAR FROM MASS MEDIA

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People who watched these negative news feel fear like ‘I’m not safe, we are in danger’

THE CULTURE OF FEAR FROM MASS MEDIA

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People in fear want to depend on some-thing to keep their safety

THE CULTURE OF FEAR FROM MASS MEDIA

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Government uses this fear to receive people’s support

Company makes a lot of money from anxiety

They insist ‘ violence must be stopped by violence’

THE CULTURE OF FEAR FROM MASS MEDIA

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Michael Moore suggest Canada’s circumstance opposed to USAIn Canada, it is hard to find violent news and Canadian don’t under-stand why American feel fear and anxiety

THE CULTURE OF FEAR FROM MASS MEDIA

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QUESTIONS 1

What genre do you think the film “Bowling for Columbine” is?

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QUESTIONS 2Do you think mass media can make kids violent?

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QUESTIONS 3Is it right thing that people buy guns to protect crime?

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QUESTIONS 4

What do you think influences teenagers the most to behave violently?

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QUESTIONS 5

Do you think owning a gun should be allowed in Korea like in the United States? State your reason behind your answer

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Thank you for watch-ing!