{"id":25,"date":"2020-11-07T12:11:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T12:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/desres20.netornot.at\/?p=25"},"modified":"2020-11-21T08:49:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T08:49:39","slug":"the-environmental-film-activist-handbook-entry-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/desres20.netornot.at\/?p=25","title":{"rendered":"The Environmental Film Activist Handbook \/ entry one"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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As Victor Papanek once said, \u201eDesign must become an innovation, highly creative, cross-disciplinary tool responsive to the true needs of men. It must be more research oriented, and we must stop defiling the earth itself with poorly designed objects and structures.\u201c-Victor Papanek, Design for the real world<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my opinion not only designers have to take responsibility for everything they put into the world, filmmakers have this responsibility as well. Not only what kind of content they produce, but also how they do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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picture source: https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

green production:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make a film it needs a lot of planning and resources. Most film teams do not spend much time thinking about how to produce a film whilst taking environmental factors in account. There are multiple things which can be done to make a film production less harmful to the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-before the shoot (planning the films production green)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-during the shoot (light bulbs, catering, transportation, accommodations, waste)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-after shooting (communication- press kits, merchandise) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to make documentaries engaging and stay in mind of the viewers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More and more people are starting to watch documentaries, but how impactful are they and how soon will the watched material be forgotten? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can filmmakers do to get the viewer to make a change and remember the film in the long run? Does it help to have a website to accompany the film? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I want to find out how a documentary impacts people watching. What will they remember after watching? Will they research the topic after they watched the film? Will they be inspired to change their behavior if they see in the film that they are doing something problematic? How much will they remember weeks and months later after watching the film, will they have changed something? Is it enough to just release the film, or do viewers need more content so it does not get forgotten too soon, for example an instagram account. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will show 4 different documentaries to different people from different backgrounds, with different interests, ages and nationalities. I want to find out how it impacts the viewer, will there be similar answers what they liked about the film, will they make changes in their lives?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those are the 4 different documentaries which I am going to show the audience, questionnaires and follow ups will follow afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

four films:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mission Blue<\/strong> is a 2014 documentary film following Dr. Sylvia Earle on her quest trying to protect the ocean from threats as pollution, overfishing and climate change.It won the 2015 News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Editing \u2013 Documentary and Long Form. It now also has a website and instagram with updates and, Sylvia Earle and her team are trying to help save parts of the ocean with research, campaigns and donations. This information can be found on the films website. https:\/\/www.mission-blue.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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