Posted by Anima77 at dhcp-163-56.ucsc.edu on February 09, 2000 at 17:24:01:
In Reply to: Re: Please help out! posted by Midwestwizard on February 09, 2000 at 14:04:30:
Here is a stab at it!
: : 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? (i.e. How do the present themselves. Arnold Schwarzenegger had the U.S. Health campaign, Kevin and the webboard, etc.)
: : 4. In what ways are this director's role of celebrity manufactured and marketed toward his/hers audience? (How does he/she create their image? i.e. Kevin has Ming create and maintain a web page which he interacts with)
: : 5. In what ways do this individual's marketed traits appeal to you? (How does this created image make you more interested in this individual?)
: : 6. Do any of these traits disgust you, or taint your image of the individual in any way? (Has the individual ever created an image that didn't jive with you?)
: : 7. What do you feel are important duties of an individual in a celebrity status? (How should a celebrity conduct themselves? Are there different rules for a celebrity than there are for everyday people?)
: : 8. How do you define the term "celebrity," personally?
: : 9. What was your first major project released, and how has it's reception adjusted your role as a celebrity? (This applies to filmmakers specifically, but if your area of profession was influenced by your chosen individual then give me the skinny!)
: : 10. Has the inception of this celebrity role affected your work in any way? (if you consider yourself to be a celebrity?)
: : 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? (how has being a celebrity affected you?)
: : 14. What is your take on the notion that any individual can attain a celebrity status? (do you think anyone can be a celebrity?)
: : 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?