Team 4
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MOVIE
INTRODUCTION
1. Director Introduction
2. Main Characters
3. Scenario
4. Cinematic Effects
5.The culture of fear through
mass media
6. Question
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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
interviewer 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
Dylan 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 gunviolence in America as
bowling 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 background and the environment
in which the massacre took place and also
some common public opinions and
assumptions about related issues such as
other gun-violence crimes in the United
States.
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CINEMATIC EFFECTS
: MONTAGE
“What a Wonderful World” by Louis
Armstrong
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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MOVIE’S
ISSUE
1. The culture of fear through
mass media
2. Question
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THE CULTURE OF FEAR FROM
MASS MEDIA
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.
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THE CULTURE OF FEAR FROM
MASS MEDIA
People who watched these negative
news feel fear like
‘I’m not safe, we are in danger’
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THE CULTURE OF FEAR FROM
MASS MEDIA
People in fear want to depend on
something to keep their safety
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THE CULTURE OF FEAR FROM
MASS MEDIA
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’
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THE CULTURE OF FEAR FROM
MASS MEDIA
Michael Moore suggest
Canada’s circumstance
opposed to USA
In Canada, it is hard to
find violent news and
Canadian don’t
understand why
American feel fear and
anxiety
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QUESTIONS 1
What genre do you think the
film “Bowling for Columbine”
is?
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QUESTIONS 2
Do you think mass media can
make kids violent?
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QUESTIONS 3
Is 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 watching!
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