Environment

PSA Identifies a Simple Way to Protect the Environment

Saving the environment is an overwhelming mission. But like so many daunting challenges the key may be in taking one step at a time. That’s the premise of Alexandra Guillossou’s thoughtful “Forks.” Millions of people who frequent take-out restaurants should resonate with this 60-second public service announcement. The film took Second Place in the 2023…

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Giving Bees a Sanctuary to Save the Planet

There have been many apocalyptic reports on bees at risk. But these stories usually focus on honey bees, which are not endangered. The news is worse regarding wild bees. These industrious insects pollinate over half of the world’s flowering species. Habitat loss plays a major role in the decline. While that problem may seem daunting,…

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Decline of Nature Seen Through a Child’s Eyes

In the mid-19th century, British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace warned: “Future ages will certainly look back upon us as a people so immersed in the pursuit of wealth as to be blind to higher considerations.” Now considered as the co-founder of the theory of evolution, Wallace believed that the rise of agriculture (and civilization) inevitably…

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Music Video Calls for a Gasoline-free World

It’s a cliche that modern people love their cars. The song writing team of Franke & Billiam James take that romance to its logical (or illogical) conclusion: our dark relationship with petroleum.  Their witty music video “Gasoline Breakup” is a finalist in the 15th annual Mobile Film Festival, whose theme is “Act Now on Climate Change.”…

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Interview Audio in a Mini-doc

Wytse Vellinga’s  mini-doc “Cleaning Up Other People’s Mess”  illustrates nine easy-to-do but powerful techniques . In just under two minutes, you will see an approach that will enable you to add drama to almost any biographical featurette. The nine classic techniques are: starting with a close-up (the car) breaking a single action into separate shots for visual variety…

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Using nostalgia to raise environmental awareness in a micro movie

Nostalgia is the desire to return to an earlier and happier time, usually at home in the literal or figurative sense. The longing combines pleasure (remembering the  good) with pain (recognizing that the treasured past is gone). FacebookTwitter

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