Bowling for Columbine
New Questionnaire
1. How old are you?
2. What gender are you?
3. Do you watch documentaries? If so, what kind of documentaries interest you?
4. Have you heard of film- maker/political activist, Michael Moore, or any of his films?
5. Michael Moore's films deal with his Political views on American health care systems, voting and gun control. Does any of this interest you at all? Why?
6. Why do you think people would be interested in this?
7. When dealing with issues like gun control or the health care system, what areas of the
topic are most important to cover? Why?
topic are most important to cover? Why?
8. Why do you think people enjoy documentaries, and why do you think they're made?
1. 18
ReplyDelete2. Male
3. Yes, I usually enjoy investigative documentaries and ones that are based around current affairs, I also enjoy fly-on-the-wall documentaries such as 'Educating Yorkshire'
4. Yes, I've heard of him and know that he is very popular, I've only heard of his other films Sicko, Roger and Me and Fahrenheit 9/11, which is one I would really like to watch.
5. Yes, it interests me because I am very much into politics.
6. I think people would be interested in this because they want to hear other people's views on these subjects and like to see how other people see the world.
7. I think both topics are equally important as they are both big subjects that are discussed in America.
8. They're made because people would like to know facts and want to know what's happening around the world and know the truth about things, which is what makes them enjoyable.
DONNA WEBSTER:
ReplyDelete1. 48.
2. Female.
3. Yes, all documentaries interest me because it's real life, factual TV.
4. No.
5. Yes, I like to know what's going on in other Countries and how their laws and regulations differ to ours.
6. Because there is an audience for this, people want to know why people own guns and why people want to shoot other people.
7. How guns affect other people's lives, why you would want to carry a gun, and why do people think that it's okay just to shoot people randomly.
8. People want to know what's going on in the world and real life situations, and don't want the truth romanticised. Documentaries are made to expose the truth and they deal with issues that everybody wants to know about, giving you actual facts and not fiction.
BRADLEY WESTALL:
ReplyDelete1. 18.
2. Male.
3. Dog the Bounty Hunter, Lizard Lick, etc. American reality shows, band documentaries.
4. Yes, I've only heard of 'Bowling for Columbine'.
5. Not overly, because it's American and I'm not interested in US politics.
6. To show different sides of America, with their out of control crime rate.
7. The differences compared to other Countries.
8. Because people are interested in various different topics, to show truths.
STEVE WEBSTER:
ReplyDelete1. 43.
2. Male.
3. Yes, I like documentaries about strange people.
4. Yes.
5. No, it doesn't interest me.
6. Because they are interested in politics and what goes on behind the law.
7. People's perceived understanding of a subject, compared to actual facts.
8. People enjoy documentaries so that they can find out more facts about important subjects.