Sunday, September 1, 2013

Response to chasing Ice

Analyzing film: Chasing Ice v. Ice Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers
 (Merrilee Viguers)

      These two astounding products are both produced by the famous James Balog; who is known for his breath-taking photographs. Some of his work has made it into the National Geographic magazine and he has won many awards for his passionate work. The two products are extremely well known for their spectacular imagery as he crosses boundaries into studies where nobody else has gone. In his documentary movie I feel he did a better job highlighting the scary reality of climate change. In the film the view can get a better understanding of what’s going on rather than blindly flipping through pictures. Granted once the view watches the documentary they can get a better understanding of what is occurring in the pictures and how global warming is to blame. The movie also gets into the scientific factors that result in climate change so the film Chasing Ice becomes an informational tool to further spread information on what is occurring and how if we don’t change we won’t have a bright future. The book Ice Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers is more focused on capturing the beauty of the ice. Balog’s techniques are not only capture the Glaciers beauty, he also illustrates the effects global warming has on those blocks of ice. He features them in a way that depicts global warming as a reality wake up call. I enjoyed both pieces because it’s inevitable that he has a passion and truly cares about what is happening to the environment and by utilizing his talent he is able to spread knowledge on a larger scale. I still liked the movie better because I feel her did a better job of showing how the world is falling apart.    

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