"If the national park is, as Lord Bryce suggested, the best idea America has ever had, wilderness preservation is the highest refinement of that idea."-Wallace Stegner
Image: Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir, two early champions of the parks, in Yosemite, 1903.
Image: In 1892, Buffalo Bill Cody (second from right) and company survey the land at Grand Canyon National Park, 1892
Image: Photographer Ansel Adams at work at Denali National Park.
-Teddy Roosevelt video (from PBS America's Best Idea)
In Groups:
-What devices do you notice Roosevelt or Abbey using? (Pick at least 3 with a partner)
-Take fifteen minutes and try and make your own social or environmental argument using some of Roosevelt/or Abbey's strategies. Post your imitation to the blog using the "comment" function.
The man in the video is who he is today because of visiting the national parks when he was young. There's way more to see then his own environment and what he's used to. Their using videos from the man's past while he's talking to show the relationship between the present and the past. The vastness and the openness of the land is shown. All natural and no man made features.
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Michael Gloss
Austin Godfrey
Jordan Euson
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Thomas Yung
What argument is your video making?
Nothing in this world seems to be natural anymore, the national parks are all that we have left. Take time to embrace the wild and the beauty and awe of nature.
What visuals are they using?
Bison in snow, breathing, eating. The endless plains of snow. Bison with ice on their coats.
How is the land portrayed or personified?
Timeless and sacred. Untouched by man. You loose yourself in the environment.
How do you notice music and narration being used?
Calming, use of wood flutes, slow pace, native American esque. The narrator is speaking about his experience in the park and how he had forgotten about everything that he was suppose to do and became overpowered by the awe and wonder of the environment and the calming nature of it.
Trailer 5: (Matt Johnson, Alison Metzger, Sarah Craig, Dani De Bruin)
ReplyDeleteThe land was an integral part of their family's relationships with each other and helped create lasting memories. The place is complimentary with memories; it is passed down through the generations, which creates traditions.
Terry Tempest Williams created the visual with her words. The elk family seemed to be a reflection of the human family watching them.
The land was almost like a part of their family; they had a strong connection to it. Because each of them went there before they died, it was almost as if they were saying goodbye to the land that they loved before they passed away.
Terry Tempest Williams created very in-depth and created meaning. The music was very subtle, but had a natural feeling to it that made one feel connected to the land.
Travis Newman
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4th Video
He talks about appreciating nature and feeling like he was truly a part of nature for a brief moment in time.
The fog in the beginning, the bison in the snow, and the man being interviewed.
There was a solo flute playing in the background, very subtle and calm sounding. The man narrating was describing everything with great imagery.
This video is making the argument that every American citizen owns a piece of the national parks and that it is our responsibility to keep it clean for younger generations. This film clip shows scenes of mountains and ocean views; it is trying to showcase the American landscape. It also portrays a man with a wolf, showing our bond with nature. The narration really emphasizes the fact that it is everyone's personal responsibility to keep the land nice and in it's natural state. The land is portrayed as majestic and beautiful- bigger than everyone else. The music was of the American folk genre, it attempts to evoke a sense of nationalism in those who watch it.
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ReplyDeleteWe watched the second video about a man and his family traveling all throughout the west and how those experiences changed him. They show family photos and video of their car driving down the mountain roads. Tha land is portrayed as his life changing experience. He says that without these travels through nature, he would not be the same person. The narratioin was just him telling how overwhelming the national parks felt to him.
Erik Gerver
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Emily Swaim
Alex Frisvold
Our video is saying that in America, since we are a democracy, we all share the beauty of the land, especially the national parks. They used the visual of a mountain with fog. When the man started talking about Europe they cut to his face instead of showing natural beauty. The music is comprised of birds singing in nature. When the man narrates, he talks slow and with purpose.