Friday, 14 October 2011

Bowling For Columbine - key scene order

Michael Moores
Bowling for Columbine

Typical Day in United States

Bank

Title Sequence

Toy Guns juxtaposes guns with childhood innocence

Introduces Charlton Heston – narrative uses filmic evidence

Dog shoots man – humour

Comedian

Michigan Militia – McVie Williams – draws links between terrorists and Michigan militia

Mad Farmer

Shooting scene quick editing builds from humour to horror

Liddleton – great place to live happy people, houses with shutters and panic rooms juxtaposed with nuclear weapons manufacture.

Trees of Green – juxtaposes music with stark images and titles.

USA hits school and hospital in Kosovo

Columbine shooting scene – sound over empty school

Charlton Heston NRA rally juxtaposed with Parent speech

South Park interview

Impact of post columbine of kids – advert with kids sneaking in guns kids are really something to fear.

Who was to blame – Marilyn Manson

Manson interview

Bowling gym credits – why not blame bowling

Comparison with other countries

Brief history of US south park style

Evening news – scares, 2ky, killer bees

Culture of fear

Cops  - reality TV on Documentary

Canada – doors not locked

Phone call – shooting by six year old – music soothing hand

Charlton Flint

Try the child

Mother of killer – welfare increasing pity

Lot of activity to produce fear – corporate government can continue

Boy shot at columbine – moore takes him back to store

Interview with Heston

Picture of girl

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