Posted by Anima77 at sdn-ar-001casfrmp190.dialsprint.net on February 09, 2000 at 12:28:00:
I would really appreciate some help with this... i need some volunteers to answer the following interview questions for a project i am working on. I would really like to have Vin or Kev answer them, and I also need to have some regular posters answer them too...
I know its not as exciting as most of the banter around here, what with all of the Mallrats 2 noise, but I would really like to get some info considering that i have chosen the Askew WWWboard as the topic of my paper on celebrity status.
here are the questions:
1. If you had to choose a celebrity (preferably a director) that has influenced you the most in your life, who would you choose?
2. In what ways did this person influence you (ie: when where you first introduced to their work, when did it first effect you and your goals, and in what
ways does it do so?) Describe the situation to the best of your ability.
3. How would you best describe this director's representation as a celebrity? (Bear in mind that the term celebrity is not necessarily referring to their status as
a star, but rather their image perceived by the public and this individual's fans)
4. In what ways are this director's role of celebrity manufactured and marketed toward his/hers audience?
5. In what ways do this individual's marketed traits appeal to you?
6. Do any of these traits disgust you, or taint your image of the individual in any way?
7. What do you feel are important duties of an individual in a celebrity status?
8. How do you define celebrity, personally?
9. What was your first major project released, and how has it's reception adjusted your role as a celebrity?
10. Has the inception of this celebrity role affected your work in any way?
11. How has your own role as a celebrity (within your own filmmaking endeavors and/or through your participation on the Viewaskew Web Board) been a
product of construction; proved a profitable marketing tool?
12. How has your role as a celebrity affected your personal life and your relationships with fans?
13. Are their any aspects of celebrity status that have discouraged you, or garnered a negative influence on your role as an individual?
14. What is your take on the notion that any individual can attain a celebrity status?
15. In what ways does this web board help create celebrity status for both the filmmakers that frequent it, and the posters that post here?
16. Does the formation of internet based celebrity status rely solely on the inclusion of an already publicly known celebrity? (in other words, is it the fact that
Kevin Smith is involved with the discourses found on the web board that makes it easier for any poster to harbor a celebrity-like status on the board?)
17. In what ways has the function of the board changed since its inception? What were the contributing factors to this change?
18. How does the media perceive the web board in regards to celebrity status? Do you agree with this interpretation of the board?
once again, I really appreciate this!
thanks!
Mario