HW Post

Holson conducted her research through interviews with people in the community where the movie was filmed. All of her research directed from the town festival that celebrated the film of Napolean Dynamite. The angle of her questions to the interviewees in my opinion was to express the small town atmosphere that the film was shot at. These no name people are now receiving publicity because of the success of the film. She correlates this evidence with other towns where films have been shot and expressing that the same effect occurred. The town has seen many tourist stopping by and wanting to get autographs from the actors who weren't even paid for their contribution. She talked to these locals because they were in the film. The dialogue expressed how they were small town people and total opposite of a movie star.

Many of the options seem to fit the angle of this piece in some sort of way. The one I find most appropriate would be B: to "Present the experiences and/or perspective of the individual". I say this because the interviews with people the author has seem to get out of them their perspective and experience on being in a movie. She includes text that supports that they think they are merely just small town people who have no intentions to star in a movie. Then they share their experiences of giving autographs and such to tourists. This shares their experience with Holson which she includes in her piece.