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Disruption Critique

I am really impressed with the quality of this film. The filming, graphics, and content is concise and to the point which makes watching pleasurable and informative.

For designers and artist, the message was that we need to come up with new ideas and products that will not contribute to global warming and help end climate change. This means that items need to be created that will use alternative energy and significantly stops the use of fossil fuels. The effects of global warming are so bad right now, the thought of what it will be like when the heat on the earth continues to increase. The messages to designers and artists was shown through graphics to help describe what the greenhouse effect is and complicated scientific concepts that create heating. The use of showing photos of how the earth is being affected was an important tool because it makes designers and artist want to help even more than before. It is discussed that the emotional and rational side of the brain are interconnected. This is an interesting marketing and designing tool for artists to note because emotions move humans to act.

The message for everyone is that something needs to be done about climate change because it is happening right now and we are living in it. For many years, science has proved that manmade climate change is happening. In this documentary, the history of where we are now, how we got here, and how we can change is shown by graphics to create a history of the science behind learning about climate change. Graphics are also used as a tool to describe scientific concepts that play a part in global warming to viewers. This is really helpful because it explains complex concepts in a simple way and it helps viewers see what is happening. This is important because seeing is better than hearing most of the time and it keeps viewers actively watching and interested. Throughout the film it is stressed that people need to work together and mobilize so we can fix this important problem. The use of new clips, images, and interviews work to paint a full picture about climate change and the effects it’s having on the earth and on humans because it is not healthy for us. It is also stressed throughout the film that economic opportunities will be created through moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy resources. This will create more jobs while helping decrease the rising temperature of our planet. The use of music is very important in the film. When the music becomes tense and “scary,” the viewer understands that it is a serious and bad thing they are talking about. This plays into a way to deliver the message that climate change is bad and needs to be fixed. I will be telling many people about this film and encouraging them to watch it. It is time that more people understand climate change and how we can work to fix it.