{"id":9827,"date":"2015-07-08T07:59:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T12:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9827"},"modified":"2015-07-08T07:59:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T12:59:06","slug":"in-films-about-climate-change-the-medium-is-the-wrong-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9827","title":{"rendered":"In Films About Climate Change, the Medium is the Wrong Message"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Films About Climate Change, the Medium is the Wrong Message<\/h3>\n

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\nIf you\u2019d like, I\u2019m what you\u2019d call an ex-(aspiring) filmmaker, an early vanguard of what promises to be, in one way or another, an eventual mass exodus from the film and television industries. I won\u2019t go into my reasoning behind film and television\u2019s future demise here, but suffice to say, if left to its own devices, the future of film and television is in the hands of\u00a0peak oil<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0collapse of industrial civilization<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The reasons for why I quit the industry are wide and varied, ranging from a strong dislike of narcissism, an aversion to big business (which makes all the necessary high-tech equipment), an abhorence of the massive amounts of trash one sees resulting from a film production, a concern about the ridiculous amounts of energy (read: fossil fuels) that goes into making a film, and much else. It\u2019s the last one that I want to touch upon here, film and television in the age of fossil fuels and the climate change dilemma.<\/p>\n

Although I wasn\u2019t aware of\u00a0peak oil<\/a>\u00a0ten years or so ago when I quit film and television once and for all (be it making the stuff or watching it), I was however aware of anthropogenic climate change \u2013 which I believed in back then, and still do today. That being said, I had a few problems coming to terms with climate change and the stupendous amounts of energy required to power all the massively blazing lights, cameras, editing systems, projectors, and everything else that went into my chosen line of work. When I finally reached my impasse I decided to say \u201cstuff this\u201d and so I went ahead and quit.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, I\u2019m apparently not much of a trend-setter, and so ten years on the film and television industries still seem to be doing thriving. In fact, last I heard, there\u2019s a new thing out there called (ahem)\u00a0Nyet-Flix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

– See more at: http:\/\/transitionvoice.com\/2015\/07\/in-films-about-climate-change-the-medium-is-the-wrong-message\/#sthash.T6Swf3lV.dpuf<\/span><\/p>\n

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