Posted by Midwestwizard at hmhost.horacemann.com on February 09, 2000 at 14:04:30:
In Reply to: Please help out! posted by Anima77 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
Man I would love to help you...but that is so damn wordy...do you have the reader's digest ver. of the form??