Monday, 7 February 2011

Michael Moore Notes

Fahrenheit 9/11

  • Solemn music to set a melancholy mood
  • Use of archive footage
  • Narrator who is also the presenter Michael Moore
  • Soundtrack of 9/11 events from recordings
  • Unseen footage
  • Juxtaposing George Bush and terror threats
  • Jump cuts of similar scenes to add emphasis

Bowling For Columbine

  • Sets up event like a story, with his viewpoint immediately put forward to the audience
  • Sarcastic humour
  • Childish music in the background (mocking)
  • Even seeing him is putting his view forward
  • Archive footage is used
  • Family footage of Michael Moore is also used
  • Chris Rock comedy sketch about guns
  • Juxtapositions
  • 'Indiscriminate killings' - nuclear weapons being made in the same town 'only making weapons to defend' then showing how America has used weapons to kill loads of people
  • Use of CCTV footage
  • "from my cold dead hands" - Charlten Heston

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