Thursday, September 23, 2010
The Day After Tomorrow
"The Day After Tomorrow" portrays disaster through rapid global warming and the fictional new ice age forming all over the globe. This trailer grabbed my attention because when it was released it was the first movie I can remember that focused on the effects of global warming, which at the time was not as well researched as it is today. Portraying a national disaster of such caliber in a movie not only draws media attention to the natural disaster at hand, in this case global warming, but it also allows the viewer to be educated on the issue at hand, which in itself can be a media disaster if the source is extremely slanted and biased. After seeing this movie several times I still find it fascinating because of all the technological ways the extreme weather is reported, researched, and applied. All of the examples of the extreme weather also grabbed my attention because they seemed so far out and unrealistic at the time, and even today I find it hard to grasp tornadoes destroying LA, a hailstorm destroying Tokyo, and a title wave the size of the Statue of Liberty hitting NYC.
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The implication, Madeline, your comments seem to suggest, is that the director "overplayed" the sensationalized effects of portraying disaster. This is a valid and interesting take on the primary source. If this was the primary source you were working on, I'd say, point to the specific things in the trailer that suggest this failure of suspension of disbelief. How has the filmmaker exaggerated certain facets so much so that it is out of sync with what you, as an audience member can believe? What are the specific techniques he uses?
ReplyDeleteGreat choice of a good primary source Madeline.