As far as titles go, the best one i could come up with was “Global Warming: Hot Topic in a an Increasingly Hotter World”
For the introduction i think visual metaphors are key. Visual metaphors are interesting and get the audience’s attention right away. When the audience is interested in the beginning of movie, they will be more inclined to watch the rest of the film.
On May First 2008 we walked around a strip mall and interviewed people about global warming. We only got two people that were willing to interview but we asked about ten or twelve people, they were all just “too busy”. Of the two people we did interview, one was a little shy and only answered in one word answers. The other interviewee was a couple sitting outside of a resturant. They were excelent and gave good insight on global warming and the causes of it. The interviewing process was alright but the people we were trying to interview were all rushing off to lunch from work and didn’t really have time.
This article, by Dave Aftandilian, bashes Bush’s policy on global warming. Dave says that Bush was misleading in his campaigning and that he embelshed his views on reducing global warming and has not delivered. Dave explains that Bush wouldn’t take action and reduce Co2 emissions. Dave also discusses Bush’s close ties to the energy and oil business. Dave basically blames all teh problems from global warming on Bush and is apparently not to fond of him.
I agree that there are more things that Bush could have done for global warming but Dave seems to blame EVERYTHING on Bush and that is ridiculous. One man can’t be responsible for a global phenomenon.
Hello, my name is Greg D________ and I’m a sophomore at Parkway North High School. We’re creating a documentary about global warming and i was wondering if i could ask you a few questions. Do you believe that global warming exists? If not, why do you think it such a big issue being brought up today? Is there enough awareness about the causes and effects of global warming? Do you know what causes global warming? How are you contributing to global warming? Are you doing anything to help prevent global warming? If so, what? Is this cost efficient and would you recommend these things to other people? Do you really think it makes a difference to the environment? Are there any underlying causes of global warming that most people don’t know about? Could be secretly be adding to global warming? How so? Does the earth itself contribute to global warming? Do you think its important to find ways to stop this? Should people try to adapt to a warmer earth instead of changing it? Why or why not? What is contributing to global warming the most: Long commutes to the city from suburban areas or short commutes with city gridlock? Are you in either of these situations? How long is your commute? Would you consider moving to be more energy efficient or to emit less CO2? Have you checked your carbon footprint? Would you consider doing so? Why is it important for people to be aware of how much CO2 they are emitting? Should the government put regulations on CO2 emissions? That’s all the questions i have for you. Thank you for your time.
1. Do you believe that global warming exists? If not, why do you think it such a big issue being brought up today?
2. Is there enough awareness about the causes and effects of global warming?
3. Do you know what causes global warming? How are you contributing to global warming?
4. Are you doing anything to help prevent global warming? If so, what? Is this cost efficient and would you recommend these things to other people? Do you really think it makes a difference to the environment?
5. Are there any underlying causes of global warming that most people don’t know about? Could be secretly be adding to global warming? How so?
6. Does the earth itself contribute to global warming? Do you think its important to find ways to stop this?
7. Should people try to adapt to a warmer earth instead of changing it? Why or why not?
8. What is contributing to global warming the most: Long commutes to the city from suburban areas or short commutes with city gridlock? Are you in either of these situations? How long is your commute? Would you consider moving to be more energy efficient or to emit less CO2?
9. Have you checked your carbon footprint? Would you consider doing so? Why is it important for people to be aware of how much CO2 they are emitting?
10. Should the government put regulations on CO2 emissions? What kind of regulations would make the biggest difference?
Possible interviewees about the causes of global warming/ global warming in general:
1. professor
2. meteorologist
3. scientist
4. Mr. Craddick
5. Mr. Duggan
6. EPA
7. factory worker in a factory that emits a lot of Co2.
Throughout this project I’ve run into a large amount of facts, opinions, theories, and out there conspiracies about global warming. I’ve been able to sift through the crazy hippie environmentalists that say that if we don’t change now then the earth will flood and the aerosol can toting slobs that could care less about the planet. There are stories from all across the board and I think that many people believe things about global warming that aren’t true because they haven’t had facts presented to them from people that have studied and evaluated many different views and findings on global warming. With this documentary we can be that source that shows people facts and creditable findings on global warming and tell them the truth about what is really going on.
This incredibly boring video Cynthia Rosenzweig tells us her ideas on how to make food for the “warming globe.” She says the Earth’s warming causes more floods than before, decreasing our food source. She wants to grow food that will be flood resistant and can continue to grow even under heavy flood conditions. She has created waterproof rice that grows in flood conditions and hopes to produce more flood resistant crops in the near future.
Cynthia Rosenzweig knows her stuff about science, but her voice is so incredibly annoying that it was hard to concentrate. The idea of flood resistant crops is a good idea because it would allow more crops to be harvested during flood season.
Ukrainian pop star Ruslana feels very strongly about going green. Ukraine uses a surplus of natural gas and fossil fuels and Ruslana wants to try and convince people to become less dependant of these through her music. She depicts a woman that is dependant on fossil fuels in one of her videos. She looks very fake and synthetic and bland. Ruslana feels that everyone can help make a difference if they try to cut back on their natural resource consumption.
I think that Ruslana’s message of conserving natural resources and trying to become less dependant on them is a good idea and i think that she will be able to influence anyone that listens to her music. Her message will spread to the Ukrainians listening and hopefully they will change their ways.
Global Warming as a topic:
Global warming isn’t a horrible topic but i would of rather done gas prices. I don’t believe in global warming and i’m interested to hear what other people think about it.
What did you learn yesterday:
Yesterday I learned that a large number of global warming specialists lie to make global warming sound like a big deal and try to scar e people into donating money to fund their studies. I also learned that global warming is a natural thing and it happens normally in nature.
What kind of problems can you forsee in having global warming as a topic:
It might be hard to get a hold of specialists that would bother with a documentary made by kids. Another possible problem is that global warming is a very general topic and it’s not very specific.
