Climate Change and the Environmental Documentary Film
Title | Climate Change and the Environmental Documentary Film PDF eBook |
Author | Maike Westhues |
Publisher | GRIN Verlag |
Pages | 55 |
Release | 2016-09-19 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 366830100X |
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject Film Science, grade: 1,0, University of Bayreuth, language: English, abstract: Climate change is arguably one of the most important issues of our time, but how do we perceive and how do we talk about it? Susanne C. Moser has identified the various difficulties that arise when trying to understand and communicate the phenomenon that is climate change. On the basis of her paper "Communicating Climate Change – History, Challenges, Process and Future Directions" I have analysed two American environmental documentaries – Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" and Leonardo DiCaprio's "The 11th Hour" – on how they each deal with aforementioned difficulties and have tried to determine which one can be regarded as 'better' or 'more successful' in terms of getting the message across. The films shall be analyzed according to their structure, their scientific accuracy (if possible), their approach to the subject and the way in which they deal with the afore mentioned problems in a successful communication of climate change. Afterwards it shall be tried to assess whether it can be said that one of the two documentaries is more successful at 'getting the message across" and if such should be the case, reasons for this will be discussed.
The Environmental Documentary
Title | The Environmental Documentary PDF eBook |
Author | John A. Duvall |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 365 |
Release | 2017-05-18 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 144117611X |
While documentaries with themes of environmental activism date back at least to Pare Lorenz's films of the 1930's, no previous decade has produced the number and quality of films that engage environmental issues from an activist viewpoint. The convergence of high profile issues like climate change, fossil fuel depletion, animal abuse, and corporate malfeasance has combined with the miniaturization of high quality recording equipment and the expansion of documentary programming, to produce an unprecedented number of important and influential documentary productions. The Environmental Documentary provides the first detailed coverage of the most important environmental films of the decade, including their approach to their topics and their impacts on public opinion and political debate. The text will also examine the processes of production and distribution that have produced this explosion in documentaries. The films range from a high-profile Hollywood production with theatrical distribution likeAn Inconvenient Truth, to shorter independently produced films like The End of Suburbia, that have reached a small audience of activists through video distribution and word of mouth.
Green Documentary
Title | Green Documentary PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Hughes |
Publisher | Intellect (UK) |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Documentary films |
ISBN | 9781783201839 |
This is the first book-length study of environmental documentary filmmaking, offering an analysis of controversial and high-profile documentary films. With analyses that include the wider context of this filmmaking about local rural communities in Britain and Europe, this book also contributes to the ongoing debate on representing the crisis.
This Changes Everything
Title | This Changes Everything PDF eBook |
Author | Naomi Klein |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 576 |
Release | 2014-09-16 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1451697384 |
With strong first-hand reporting and an original, provocative thesis, Naomi Klein returns with this book on how the climate crisis must spur transformational political change
Films from the Future
Title | Films from the Future PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Maynard |
Publisher | Mango Media Inc. |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2018-11-15 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1633539067 |
“Deftly shows how a seemingly frivolous film genre can guide us in shaping tomorrow’s world.” —Seth Shostak, senior astronomer, SETI Institute Artificial intelligence, gene manipulation, cloning, and interplanetary travel are all ideas that seemed like fairy tales but a few years ago. And now their possibilities are very much here. But are we ready to handle these advances? This book, by a physicist and expert on responsible technology development, reveals how science fiction movies can help us think about and prepare for the social consequences of technologies we don’t yet have, but that are coming faster than we imagine. Films from the Future looks at twelve movies that take us on a journey through the worlds of biological and genetic manipulation, human enhancement, cyber technologies, and nanotechnology. Readers will gain a broader understanding of the complex relationship between science and society. The movies mix old and new, and the familiar and unfamiliar, to provide a unique, entertaining, and ultimately transformative take on the power of emerging technologies, and the responsibilities they come with.
The Environmental Documentary
Title | The Environmental Documentary PDF eBook |
Author | John A. Duvall |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781501300370 |
How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate
Title | How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew J. Hoffman |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 121 |
Release | 2015-03-11 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0804795053 |
Though the scientific community largely agrees that climate change is underway, debates about this issue remain fiercely polarized. These conversations have become a rhetorical contest, one where opposing sides try to achieve victory through playing on fear, distrust, and intolerance. At its heart, this split no longer concerns carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases, or climate modeling; rather, it is the product of contrasting, deeply entrenched worldviews. This brief examines what causes people to reject or accept the scientific consensus on climate change. Synthesizing evidence from sociology, psychology, and political science, Andrew J. Hoffman lays bare the opposing cultural lenses through which science is interpreted. He then extracts lessons from major cultural shifts in the past to engender a better understanding of the problem and motivate the public to take action. How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate makes a powerful case for a more scientifically literate public, a more socially engaged scientific community, and a more thoughtful mode of public discourse.