Topic > Environmental concerns and aesthetics in ecocinema

Ecological problems have attracted worldwide attention. With the prevalence of global environmental crisis resulting from the rapid development of science and technology, the political field has responded to the problem by issuing some policies; The social field responded to the issue by organizing some activities to awaken the public's environmental awareness. As the leader of people's spiritual trend, ecocinema has also reflected and considered environmental crises, such as global warming and biological diversity. Ecocinema represents the relationship between human beings and nature from a macroscopic point of view. Films such as The Aftermath, FernGully and Avatar use different approaches to reconstruct the audience's ecological consciousness with the visual representation of nature as a subject. Environmental films are full of aesthetic values ​​in form, scenes, as well as theme and content. However, filmmaking practices also harm the environment when they promote environmental protection. Ecocinema's Ways of Representing Environmental Concerns Films dealing with the environmental crisis and ecological issues have become increasingly popular. Some of them focus on the ecological issue of a specific district and others represent the problems from the macroscopic point of view. Different representation practices have been used in environmental films, such as visualization of the environment and reflection on the environment based on the real situation and imagination. The first approach of environmental films is the nature documentary. As a medium article, the nature documentary represents the true nature to the audience in a direct way. For example, the blue planet is a paper on nature... middle of paper... University of Exeter Press, 2000. Print.Jermyn, Diane. “High technology plays a starring role in visual effects films.” The global and the post. November 16, 2009. Web. June 5, 2014. Koch, Wendy. “James Cameron sees Avatar as a cautionary environmental tale.” United States today. 03 January 2010. Web. 4 June 2014. Orad, Michael. “The Greenhouse Warming Hype of the Movie The Day After Tomorrow.” Acts and facts. 33.7 (2004). Web.June 4, 2014.Rust, Stephen; Monani, Salma; and Cubitt, Sean, Eds. Ecocinema theory and practice. New York: Routledge, 2013. Print.Starosielski, Nicole. “Drawn Motion”: A History of Environmental Animation from the Lorax to FernGully to Avatar. Journal of International Communication, (February 2011): 145-163.Yin, Da. “Green Cinema.” First financial newspaper. June 21, 2008: B01. Press. "Zero waste production: case study on WOZ productions". One World Consulting Ltd. Nd.